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Title: Noncitizen Voters in Pennsylvania Not a ‘Glitch,’ Philly Official Says
Post by: 240B on March 12, 2018, 06:55:33 pm

Lifezette
by Brendan Kirby
Updated 12 Mar 2018 at 2:06 PM

Al Schmidt bristles at the description, often attributed to him, of noncitizen voters in Pennsylvania as a “glitch.”

Schmidt, a Philadelphia city commissioner who has been sounding the alarm since 2012 about noncitizens on the voting rolls, said the word, misattributed to him, would be accurate if ineligible voters managed to elude safeguards in the motor-voter law.

“That would be a glitch,” he told LifeZette. “In this case, it was never designed that way.”

Congress passed the Motor Voter law, formally known as the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, to encourage people to register to vote when they got their driver’s licenses. The problem, Schmidt said, is that Pennsylvania also allows legal permanent (noncitizen) residents to get driver’s licenses after a year in the United State

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https://www.lifezette.com/polizette/noncitizen-voters-in-pennsylvania-not-a-glitch-philly-official-says/
Title: Re: Noncitizen Voters in Pennsylvania Not a ‘Glitch,’ Philly Official Says
Post by: SZonian on March 12, 2018, 07:09:42 pm
Nah, it's a "feature".
Title: Re: Noncitizen Voters in Pennsylvania Not a ‘Glitch,’ Philly Official Says
Post by: Suppressed on March 12, 2018, 07:19:15 pm
For years, I pushed the GOP attorneys to address some of these issues.  They ignored them.

If they don't care, why should I care about the GOP?
Title: Re: Noncitizen Voters in Pennsylvania Not a ‘Glitch,’ Philly Official Says
Post by: txradioguy on March 12, 2018, 07:29:16 pm
It's not a "glitch" in a Dem run state.  It's part of the plan.
Title: Re: Noncitizen Voters in Pennsylvania Not a ‘Glitch,’ Philly Official Says
Post by: 240B on March 12, 2018, 07:46:05 pm
Quote from: txradioguy on March 12, 2018, 07:29:16 pm
It's not a "glitch" in a Dem run state.  It's part of the plan.

Of course it is intentional. The Dems all but brag about how many illegal votes they get. All of these new IDs and giving the licenses, it is all about getting them to vote.

Anyone can plainly see what the Dems are doing, but the Republicans don't seem to mind. They don't lift a finger to do anything about it.

And, as the man said, if the GOP doesn't care, then why should I?
Title: Re: Noncitizen Voters in Pennsylvania Not a ‘Glitch,’ Philly Official Says
Post by: Chosen Daughter on March 13, 2018, 05:24:05 am
Quote from: 240B on March 12, 2018, 07:46:05 pm
Of course it is intentional. The Dems all but brag about how many illegal votes they get. All of these new IDs and giving the licenses, it is all about getting them to vote.

Anyone can plainly see what the Dems are doing, but the Republicans don't seem to mind. They don't lift a finger to do anything about it.

And, as the man said, if the GOP doesn't care, then why should I?

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Title: Re: Noncitizen Voters in Pennsylvania Not a ‘Glitch,’ Philly Official Says
Post by: LauraTXNM on March 13, 2018, 07:46:27 am
i can't believe no one has complained about this!  It's really just the one Philadelphia (!) city commissioner, who's been writing about it since 2012.

TL/DR Apparently the drivers license process finally was changed in September 2017, so it won't be a problem going forward.  And the commissioner says it only involves about 100,000 people, less than 1% of registered PA voters, some of whom may actually be citizens.  But in special elections it could definitely be an issue.

I guess the Republicans thought it was too piddly a number to worry about?!