Any shot for Americans to take back this country from the hard left in 2010/2012 is looking increasingly dim ....
Obama Justice Department Decision Will
Allow Non-Citizens to Register to Vote in Georgia (hat tip Clyde)
Decision Bars Georgia From Continuing Voter Verification Process
Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel issued the following statement following the U.S. Department of Justice’s denial of preclearance of Georgia’s voter verification process
Atlanta - “The decision by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to deny preclearance of Georgia’s already implemented citizenship verification process shows a shocking disregard for the integrity of our elections. With this decision, DOJ has now barred Georgia from continuing the citizenship verification program that DOJ lawyers helped to craft. DOJ’s decision also nullifies the orders of two federal courts directing Georgia to implement the procedure for the 2008 general election. The decision comes seven months after Georgia requested an expedited review of the preclearance submission.
“DOJ has thrown open the door for activist organizations such as ACORN to
register non-citizens to vote in Georgia’s elections, and the state has no
ability to verify an applicant’s citizenship status or whether the individual
even exists. DOJ completely disregarded Georgia’s obvious and direct interest in
preventing non-citizens from voting, instead siding with the ACLU and MALDEF.
Clearly, politics took priority over common sense and good public policy.
“This process is critical to protecting the integrity of our elections. We
have evidence that non-citizens have voted in past Georgia elections and that
more than 2,100 individuals have attempted to register, yet still have questions
regarding their citizenship. Further, the Inspector General’s office is
investigating more than 30 cases of non-citizens casting ballots in Georgia
elections, including the case of a Henry County non-citizen who registered to
vote and cast ballots in 2004 and 2006.
“It is important to underscore that not a single person has come forward to say he or she could not vote because of the verification process. Further, while DOJ argues that the process is somehow discriminatory, the historic voter turnout among Hispanic and African-American voters in the 2008 general elections clearly says otherwise.
