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Published in The Galveston Coumty Daily News November 8, 2024 With our country being invaded by millions of illegals, we are seeing an increase in crime and a strain on state/local finances and services. Reportedly hospital emergency rooms are feeling the crunch, some schools are overwhelmed by increases in enrollment, welfare dollars are being stretched to the breaking point, and we are seeing businesses reportedly hiring these “visitors” because they will work for less money than U.S. citizens. Meanwhile, our own citizens are struggling to find work and competing with migrants for jobs.  This is the result of 3½ years of the Biden/Harris open borders policy. Meanwhile, there’s an attack on our election process with non-citizen voting. Here in Galveston, we stumbled upon a person who wasn’t a US national and who had voted in not one, but in five separate elections before being discovered. Every non-citizen who votes dilutes the power of legitimate votes (yours and ours).  Federal and state laws mandate a person must be a U.S. citizen in order to vote. For anyone who registers through DPS (like when getting their driver’s license) it’s easy to identify U.S. citizens based upon the documentation DPS requires. But if a person registers to vote using a paper registration form, there is virtually no verification of citizenship unless some red light is set off that causes questions to be raised. Based on a recent federal court decision from Arizona, a state is prohibited from requiring proof of citizenship when a person registers using a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA), but this doesn’t apply for non-federal races.  So how can we ensure only US citizens are in our voter registration system?  One way is for Congress to pass the SAVE Act which requires proof of citizenship from all registered voters. The challenge is Democrats in Congress won’t vote for the bill.  Even if the House bill were to pass, the Democrat-controlled Senate won’t take up the measure.  If the bill ever did pass both chambers, the White House would veto it.  This begs the question; “Why are Democrats opposed to ensuring that only US citizens can vote?” There is, however, an alternative course of action. At the state level we could follow Arizona’s example; require voters who want to receive a full ballot to show proof of U.S. citizenship. Those who haven’t shown proof and register using a federal form would receive a ballot for only the Senate and House races but not for President (since Article II Section 1 clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution gives state legislature the sole authority to determine how presidential electors are chosen) or local races.  Consequently, the presidential race wouldn’t be available to those who have not shown proof of citizenship while registering.   It’s critical that ONLY US citizens be allowed to vote in our elections. The integrity of our election process is based upon this foundational premise.  Although there are those who will claim requiring proof will disenfranchise some voters, the integrity of voter registration data is imperative for free and fair elections.  “Trust but Verify.”  Related to this column: On October 29th The Galveston Daily News published a letter to the editor asking the "GOP, stop it with the non-citizen voting BS." We contend it is not "BS" and have provided a number of links here to news stories suggesting same for your consideration: October 23: The Epoch Times: Six people indicted in Ohio for casting illegal votes October 28: The Daily Caller: Democrats attempt to stop states from removing non-citizens from voter rolls October 29: The Gateway Pundit: SCOTUS to consider Virginia efforts to remove non-citizens from voter rolls October 31: SCOTUS Blog: Supreme Court allows Virginia to proceed with removal of non-citizens from voter rolls
	About the Authors and Columnists 2024 Bill Sargent and Mark Mansius have written over 275 guest columns and editorials over the last ten years and continue to do so. Bill lives in Galveston, Texas and Mark in St. Georges, Utah. Both ran against each other in the 2012 Republican Primary for Texas Congressional District 14, since then they have become close friends and colleagues.
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