"While
wandering around the festivities, I noticed a table with three nice
ladies in front of a "Register To Vote" sign. Curious about its
presence at a festival where the bulk of the crowd was either illegal
alien day laborers or legal non-citizens, I went over to inquire.
Before I spoke, one of those nice ladies asked me if I was registered to
vote. Wanting to see where this would go, I said no, and asked how to
sign up. A voter registration form was thrust in my hands. The very
first item on these forms, in Virginia and the rest of America, was "I
am a citizen of the United States of America," with YES and NO blocks to
check.
"Don't
I need to show you some proof of citizenship?" I asked. She replied
"no." I asked her how she could verify that I wasn’t lying. Sensing she
might be on a slippery slope, she called over a supervisor from the
Registrar's Office and told the woman of my concern. The official told
me they never checked citizenship status because I would be penalized if
I lied. Really? So I asked her how she would verify my truthfulness, or
those of the dozens of new voters being registered that day.
Defensively, she replied that they checked all registrations for
accuracy at the Registrar's Office when they were turned in.
I
called the Registrar Monday, and asked if they do indeed verify
citizenship status. I was told that they didn't unless someone made a
specific complaint against an individual applicant."
Carson's blog
Sunday, January 29, 2017
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