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Offline TomSea

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800 become US citizens in Las Vegas — just in time to vote
« on: September 24, 2016, 12:01:53 am »
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800 become US citizens in Las Vegas — just in time to vote

By MICHAEL SCOTT DAVIDSON
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

The daughter of two immigrant culinary union members, Suzy Mota grew up in a left-leaning household.

But the 28-year-old UNLV graduate and fifth-grade teacher has never been able to vote in an election.

That all changes in November. Mota and close to 800 other immigrants from 64 countries were sworn in Thursday as U.S. citizens during a ceremony at Cashman Center, making them eligible to vote in November.

It was a monumental event for Mota, who plans to vote for Democrats up and down the ticket.

Read More At: http://www.reviewjournal.com/politics/election-2016/800-become-us-citizens-las-vegas-just-time-vote

Some reports that they want to get all these extra voters in, let's see.

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Re: 800 become US citizens in Las Vegas — just in time to vote
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2016, 12:28:54 am »
Some reports that they want to get all these extra voters in, let's see.

There has been a spike in the number of naturalization applications since the rise of Trump. Don't know if the process is speeding up, have my doubts that the bureaucrats want to or would  work harder, but I'd be willing to bet for many it was Trump that motivated them to pay the $680.00 filing fee plus attorney fees...