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Tacoma is in Washington State. Takoma Park is in Maryland. That quibble aside, no, the municipal charter doesn’t authorize illegal aliens to vote. Do you actually believe that that alone means they don’t?

Illegal aliens are not granted the right to vote under the Tacoma Charter but further qualifies that non-citizen voters must conform to the provisions within both the Maryland Constitution and its Annotated Code:

Section 603 Registration

(a) Any resident of Takoma Park who is a United States citizen may register to vote at the Board of Elections supervisors for Montgomery County any time these offices are open for
business or by mail. Registration shall be permanent unless such registration shall be canceled as provided by state law. No person is entitled to vote unless properly registered.

(b) Any resident of Takoma Park who is not a United States citizen, and who is otherwise qualified to be registered as a voter in any election) pursuant to Article I, Section I of the Constitution of Maryland, and Section 3-102 of Article 33, as amended, or any equivalent provision(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland, may register with the City Clerk, who shall
maintain a separate voter roll from the existing voter roll generated by the Montgomery County Board of Elections, to include the names of those non-United States Citizens. The City Clerk
shall promptly send notice to any jurisdiction in the United States, if any, where the new registrant was formerly registered, requesting the cancellation of said voter’s prior registration.

Just what we need: not just illegal aliens, but illegal alien TEENAGERS voting.

NEW POLL SHOWS SUPPORT – DECREASING OPPOSITION TO PAN INITIATIVE

A just-released poll conducted by Dr. Bruce Merrill for KAET-TV/Channel 8 and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University shows that support for the Protect Arizona Now [PAN] citizens initiative has risen to 74% today from 70% in September, 2003, with “undecideds” holding steady at 10%.

The question posed was the same as the previous question:

In November, an initiative may be on the ballot called Protect Arizona NOW. This initiative would deny state and local social and welfare services to illegal immigrants and require everyone who registers to vote to prove they are U.S. citizens and to provide identification when voting. Will you probably vote for or against this proposition?

for: 74%

against: 16%

don’t know/no opinion: 10%

total: 100%

PAN founder and Chairman, Kathy McKee, states, “It is wonderful to have our personal experience, which is that the overwhelming majority of Arizonans love our initiative, validated by such a highly respected poll.”

NEW POLL SHOWS SUPPORT – DECREASING OPPOSITION TO PAN INITIATIVE

A just-released poll conducted by Dr. Bruce Merrill for KAET-TV/Channel 8 and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University shows that support for the Protect Arizona Now [PAN] citizens initiative has risen to 74% today from 70% in September, 2003, with “undecideds” holding steady at 10%.

The question posed was the same as the previous question:

In November, an initiative may be on the ballot called Protect Arizona NOW. This initiative would deny state and local social and welfare services to illegal immigrants and require everyone who registers to vote to prove they are U.S. citizens and to provide identification when voting. Will you probably vote for or against this proposition?

for: 74%

against: 16%

don’t know/no opinion: 10%

total: 100%

PAN founder and Chairman, Kathy McKee, states, “It is wonderful to have our personal experience, which is that the overwhelming majority of Arizonans love our initiative, validated by such a highly respected poll.”

Check it out: http://www.pan2004.com

To the best of my knowledge, there isn’t any state that does authorize this.

Like I mentioned in another thread before, the Immigration Service has the most strict laws of any branch in law enforcement, but it also has the most waivers. This includes people becoming United States Citizens. An example of this: If you are over a certain age, I think it’s in the 50’s, you can get a waiver and are not required to speak english to become a citizen. Perhaps this goes under the, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” clause.

So there are lot’s of people who have become United States Citizens without having the knowledge to speak english.

The federal constitution doesn’t specifically grant or authorize suffrage for anyone, since elections are conducted at the state level (and the vote was generally far more restricted than just to US citizens when it was adopted). I would guess that some state constitutions spell out requirements for voting and others probably do not, thus leaving the matter in the hands of their legislatures and/or even letting local governments decide.

In the eexercise of both its plenary authority over immigration, and to condition the receipt of federal funds, Congress surely has the power to step in and stop this: non-citizens should not be voting, period. Voter registration should require both proof of identity and proof of citizenship (birth certificate, passport or certificate of naturalization); while this wouldn’t stop all of it, it would cut it back dramatically, since as it is you don’t even NEED forged documents to vote illegally.

“1. Natural born citizens, in this country, grow up learning how to read, write, and speak english.”

I have a friend who is natural born and learned english as a second language.

“3. Why are ballots in any language other than english?”

Because government depends on the consent of the governed, not the other way around.