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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Linda on August 08, 2012, 09:52:26 AM

Title: Early Voting and the Problems Begin.......
Post by: Linda on August 08, 2012, 09:52:26 AM
Voters Turned Away As Citizenship Box Creates Confusion At The Polls
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/08/07/voters-turned-away-as-citizenship-box-creates-confusion-at-the-polls/

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LANSING (WWJ) – Some voters were reportedly turned away from the polls on Michigan’s primary election day for refusing to fill out the new “citizenship” box on their ballot application.


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Civil liberties groups have said the question is an attempt to discourage people from voting and that asking people to re-affirm their citizenship is redundant.

Secretary of State Ruth Johnson has said the question serves to clear up any confusion among some of non-U.S. Citizens who were under the impression that they could vote because they were asked to register at a Secretary of State.

This happened in Detroit...not in a hard core Republican area, yet we are the ones always accused of trying to disenfranchise some poor ignorant dummies right to vote. Which BTW isn't a right.