Failure to Ensure Non-Citizens Don’t Vote Lands California in Court
By Jennifer G. Hickey October 8, 2019 4 Comments
In 2015, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla proudly proclaimed that legislation he sponsored – the California New Motor Voter Act – would “make our democracy stronger†by allowing millions of “citizens†to be automatically registered to vote when applying for a state ID or driver’s license.
In fact, according to a lawsuit filed last week, it is Padilla who is undermining democracy by violating federal law by implementing the motor voter law without safeguards in place to ensure non-citizens are not placed on the state’s voter rolls as well.
“In direct violation of his duties to ensure that only eligible voters are placed on the voter rolls, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has established a pattern and practice of doing nothing to verify that a potential voter is a United States citizen, thus causing non-citizens to be placed on the voter rolls,†reads the complaint filed by well-known Republican lawyer Harmeet Dhillon.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/10/08/illegal-voters-california-motor-voter-immigrationreform-com/