Republicans are hyperventilating about the Supreme Court decision allowing people to register to vote without proving citizenship. This is one time Republicans should actually try paying attention to the decision itself and then fix the problem.\u00a0 The Supreme Court did not rule that the constitution forbids making people verify citizenship in order to register to vote.\u00a0 What it said was that since Congress has passed a federal law specifying voter registration requirements states could not add additional requirements to that law.\u00a0 In effect the Supreme Court told congress this was a problem they created and they have the power to fix.\u00a0 What Republicans should do is require voter ID and proof of citizenship on a federal basis.\u00a0 The Supreme Court would uphold that and the problem would be fixed permanently.<\/p>\n
This problem is the National Voter Registration Act passed in 1993.\u00a0 \u00a0That law, also known as the Motor Voter Act was designed to make it easier for everyone to register to vote.\u00a0 States are required to provide the opportunity to register to vote when someone applies for a driver\u2019s license or renews a driver\u2019s license.\u00a0 This also requires any office that provides public assistance to give out voter registration forms and it allows citizens to register to vote by mail.\u00a0 Obviously this was passed by a Democratic congress at the request of Bill Clinton.\u00a0 It is pretty obvious that the plan was to make it easier to register voters who were likely to vote Democratic, which explains by any office offering public assistance had to participate. \u00a0In retrospect, the plan worked exactly as Democrats intended.<\/p>\n
Instead of wasting time and money trying to get the Supreme Court to fix a problem congress created, they should just pass a new law.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Republicans are far more likely to use this Supreme Court decision for political purposes while doing very little to actually fix the problem.\u00a0\u00a0 If Republicans in congress want to know who to blame for all those \u201cquestionable voters\u201d they should start by purchasing mirrors.<\/p>\n
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Republicans are hyperventilating about the Supreme Court decision allowing people to register to vote without proving citizenship. This is one time Republicans should actually try paying attention to the decision itself and then fix the problem.\u00a0 The Supreme Court did … Continue reading