Texas Dems ask noncitizens to register to vote, send applications with citizenship box pre-checked

[glenwo2]

Texas Dems ask noncitizens to register to vote, send applications with citizenship box pre-checked

The Texas Democratic Party asked noncitizens to register to vote, sending out applications to immigrants with the box citizenship already checked “Yes,” according to complaints filed Thursday asking prosecutors to see what laws may have been broken.

The Public Interest Legal Foundation alerted district attorneys and the Justice Department to the prechecked applications and included a signed affidavit from a man who said some of his relatives, who aren’t citizens, received the mailing.

“This is how the Texas Democratic Party is inviting foreign influence in an election in a federal election cycle,” said Logan Churchwell, spokesman for the Public Interest Legal Foundation. The group has made its mark by policing states’ voter registration practices.

The Texas secretary of state’s office said it received complaints from immigrants and from relatives of dead people who got mailings asking them to register.

The letter is emblazoned with the message “Urgent! Your voter registration deadline is October 9.” It continues: “Your voter registration application is inside. Complete, sign and return it today!”

On the application, boxes affirming that the applicant is at least 18 years old and a U.S. citizen are already checked with an “X” in the “Yes” field.

The message urges those who are unsure whether they are registered to “Mail it in.”

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/18/texas-democrats-ask-noncitizens-register-vote/




And the Democrats accuse the POTUS and RUSSIA of meddling in the 2016 Election, huh?

Nice Job, Hypocrites.

 

[Phr3121]

On the application, boxes affirming that the applicant is at least 18 years old and a U.S. citizen are already checked with an “X” in the “Yes” field.

Is this for real or fake news? That sounds pretty outrageous. I would like to see a copy of the application.

 

[glenwo2]

Is this for real or fake news? That sounds pretty outrageous. I would like to see a copy of the application.

So would I, actually.

If this is legit, you better believe once Trump gets wind of this, it will be all over the WH and FoxNews. lol.

 

[JDragon]

Is this really something to get outraged about? These are preconditions to register, I would assume. So if you put your signature under that and it's a lie, you likely commit a criminal offence.

There should be a standing voter registry anyway and obviously, everyone should have mandatory ID, voter or not. Let's get that out of the way. But in the concrete case here, I don't see the problem.

 

[Otto!]

This makes a strong case for mandatory voter ID. Why anyone would oppose boter ID is beyond me.

 

[Dirt Road Soldier]

This makes a strong case for mandatory voter ID. Why anyone would oppose boter ID is beyond me.

Apparently requiring an ID to vote is racist? That seems to ge their go to arguement.

Which means needing one to get a job, benefits, alchohol or cigarettes, lottery tickets, or to even drive is also racist. Somehow.

I dunno man, it's the liberal battle plan. If it doesn't help us win, it must be racist somehow.

 

[Trotsky]

I'd urge you to look into (the hilariously named) Public Interest Legal Foundation. They're full of shit and have made several similar(ly baseless) claims before. I can't c&p their Politifact or Snopes pages on mobile.

 

[Amerikuracana]

When I see proof, I'll be offended and pissed.

 

[JDragon]

This makes a strong case for mandatory voter ID. Why anyone would oppose boter ID is beyond me.

No, I disagree. It doesn't. As I said, I agree that mandatory IDs are a good idea, but this case does nothing to strenghten the case at all imo for the reason outlined above.

 

[woodguyatl]

Apparently requiring an ID to vote is racist? That seems to ge their go to arguement.

Which means needing one to get a job, benefits, alchohol or cigarettes, lottery tickets, or to even drive is also racist. Somehow.

I dunno man, it's the liberal battle plan. If it doesn't help us win, it must be racist somehow.

Lottery tickets? Never been asked when getting those.

 

[Deleted member 457759]

These dems should be arrested for treason.

 

[lilelvis]

This is so outrageous (if true) that it sounds like a planted smear from the opposition.
Are the dems really stupid enough to publish and distribute something so obviously damning?

 

[Dirt Road Soldier]

Lottery tickets? Never been asked when getting those.

I have. Mostly because when I was clean shaven I looked way younger than I actually was.

But regardless, you need a valid ID just to exist in the US, so needing one to.vote shouldnt be a problem. But apparently it is for some people. People that probably dont exist because you cant do jack and/or shit without one.

 

[glenwo2]

This is so outrageous (if true) that it sounds like a planted smear from the opposition.
Are the dems really stupid enough to publish and distribute something so obviously damning?

Elizabeth Warren thinks she has Native American blood. What do YOU think?

 

[second sight]

I'd urge you to look into (the hilariously named) Public Interest Legal Foundation. They're full of shit and have made several similar(ly baseless) claims before. I can't c&p their Politifact or Snopes pages on mobile.

"I urge you to look up PILF they're full of shit".......and then you suggest polithack and snopes

you guys are too much

 

[second sight]

how many of you liberals defended the democrats racist claims about voter ID laws, when we said all along this was about illegal voters?

and it isn't just this article we've had politicians giving speeches recently stating that illegal voters are their base

anyone want to come clean and admit you helped carry the water for this or more doubling down

 

[Easy The Great]

I don’t know any Texans around my area that are voting for that clown Robert O’Rourke.

 

[glenwo2]

UH-OH!!

Texas Dems under investigation after sending voting applications with citizenship box pre-checked to non-citizens


The Texas Democratic Party is under investigation after being accused of sending out voter-registration applications to non-citizens with the citizenship box already checked “Yes.”

The possible violation was first raised Thursday by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a nonprofit specializing in election integrity, which alerted both state and federal authorities.

Following the reports of the alleged violation, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the issue is “is being investigated” and “there will be serious consequences” if confirmed.



PILF said the applications were circulated around the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas sometime between late September and early October and some lawfully present non-citizens received the forms.

The group published all the documents related to the election registration irregularity, including pictures of the applications where boxes asking whether the applicant is both 18 and a U.S. citizen were already checked in the “Yes” field.

The group also included a signed affidavit from David C. Kifuri Jr, who said his non-citizen relatives received the application form from the state Democratic Party.

“I know from previous work experience … that it is a crime to register to vote in Texas if you are a felon with an incomplete sentence or a non-U.S. citizen. I also understand that a non-U.S. citizen can face criminal and immigration jeopardy for misrepresenting citizenship status for the purpose of voter registration,” Kifuri stated.

Texas’ Secretary of State Sam Taylor told the Washington Times that some non-citizens contacted his office asking whether they were was any law changes that gave them the right to vote.

He added that the state law prohibits encouraging anyone to lie in their voter application form, but it will be up to the investigators to decide if pre-checking a box claiming the applicant is a U.S. citizen is a violation of the law.

Names of non-US citizens increasingly found on voter rolls

PILF has previously warned about non-citizens increasingly found on voter rolls in states such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia.

The group said some non-citizens even managed to cast their ballots in elections. For instance, in 2017, the group said that nearly 5,600 people on the voter rolls in Virginia were deemed as non-citizens, with a third of them voting in previous elections.

But the case in Texas is different from other states, where a lot of non-citizens often get automatically registered, as it was a political party that urged people to register.

“This is how the Texas Democratic Party is inviting foreign influence in an election in a federal election cycle,” Logan Churchwell, spokesman for the PILF, told the Times.


>>>>> Well....I said that once Trump got wind of this, it will be all over the WH and FoxNews.

(very disheartening but unsurprising to see my home state(New Jersey) involved in this horseshit. I mean we have Bob "Bribery-Master" Melendez so this is not unexpected)

 

[SamSchmidt]

What saddens me the most is not that this happened.

But that in this day and age it was only a matter of time and I expected it to happen.

 

[ObamaPhoneLady]

Apparently requiring an ID to vote is racist? That seems to ge their go to arguement.

Which means needing one to get a job, benefits, alchohol or cigarettes, lottery tickets, or to even drive is also racist. Somehow.

I dunno man, it's the liberal battle plan. If it doesn't help us win, it must be racist somehow.

Yup that's their argument.