Speaker of the house Mike Johnson – possibly because he is under duress and had to do something to impress certain members of his own party (as if the reason mattered) – has proposed new voter legislation.
If enacted, it would go a significant distance toward cleaning up the unholy mess that is our voting system.
So, what does this legislation entail and why has it been proposed?
As pulled from Jim Hoft’s article at thegatewaypundit.com, I’ll let Mr. Johnson tell you in his own words:
“States are currently prohibited from asking someone to prove they’re a citizen.
“If an individual only asserts or simply states that they are a citizen, they don’t have to prove it. They can register that person to vote in a federal election. You see, states are currently prohibited.
“Believe it or not, the states are prohibited from asking someone to prove that they’re a citizen. The federal voter registration form just has a check-up box. If you do that, you’re good. The states can’t allow it. We think that’s a serious problem.
“We only want US citizens to vote in US elections. But there are some Democrats who don’t want to do that. We believe that one of their designs, one of the reasons for this open border, which everybody ask all around the country, why would they do this?
“Right now, the administration is encouraging illegals to go to their local welfare office to sign up for benefits. Well, guess what? When you go to a welfare office, they also ask you if you would like to register to vote.
“There are so many millions of illegals in the country that if only one out of 100 voted, they would cast potentially hundreds of thousands of votes in the election. That could turn an election. This could be a tight election in our congressional races around the country. It could, if there are enough votes, affect the presidential election.
“Our bill will require that every single person who registers the vote in a federal election must prove that they’re an American citizen first. You have to prove it. That will be a new part of the federal law and a very important one.
“Our bill also requires states to remove non-citizens from their existing voter rolls. That’s a big problem, too. And it will provide access to databases from the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to help the states administer this.
“As the entity that is responsible for regulating federal elections, Congress has this responsibility. We cannot wait for widespread fraud to occur, especially when the threat of fraud is growing with every single illegal immigrant that crosses that border.”
Gee golly gosh. Legislation that requires people who want to vote to show proof they are citizens, and requires states to remove non-citizens from their voting roles.
In other words to make sure elections are decided by the citizens of the country…like in every other democracy on planet earth.
Who could possibly be against such legislation?
Actually, the above question is entirely rhetorical. You know damn well who. The same people who are against voter ID and some way of proving paper ballots were filled out by the actual voter.
Let’s see what excuses they come up for Johnson’s proposed legislation. I guarantee it won’t take long to find out.
