Showing posts with label voting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voting. Show all posts

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Honor system?

From JWF:
Washington Mall Terrorist Cetin Wasn’t U.S. Citizen, Still Voted Three Times
Posted by Jammie on Sep 29, 2016 at 7:31 am
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We’re going to go way out on a limb and guess that he’s been voting Democrat. Don’t worry, folks, this story won’t make national news, especially since the story about this Muslim terrorist has already been buried by the national media.

The Cascade Mall shooting suspect, Arcan Cetin, may face an additional investigation related to his voting record and citizenship status.

Federal sources confirm to KING 5 that Cetin was not a U.S. citizen, meaning legally he cannot vote. However, state records show Cetin registered to vote in 2014 and participated in three election cycles, including the May presidential primary.

Cetin, who immigrated to the United States from Turkey as a child, is considered a permanent resident or green card holder. While a permanent resident can apply for U.S. citizenship after a certain period of time, sources tell KING his status had not changed from green card holder to U.S. citizen.

While voters must attest to citizenship upon registering online or registering to vote at the Department of Licensing Office, Washington state doesn’t require proof of citizenship. Therefore elections officials say the state’s elections system operates, more or less, under an honor system.

Oh, so voting is now on the honor system. Well, we suppose that’s a good thing since requiring proof of citizenship and identification is racist, according to Democrats. On the upside, after Cetin faces murder charges he’s sure to be punished for violating voter laws.

The penalty for voting as a non U.S. citizen could result in five years of prison time or a $10,000, according to Secretary of State’s Office.

Clearly that’s a deterrent.

Update: By the way, the Secretary of State in Washington recently hosted the pro-terrorist group CAIR, just a week before the Muslim terror attack.
Read more here.

Sunday, June 07, 2015

Stages young people must go through to become an adult

Debra Saunders writes in The American Spectator that there seem to be several stages of legally becoming an adult. When you are 14 in progressive California, you can get an abortion without parental consent. When you are 16, you can get a drivers license. When you are 18, you are considered old enough to vote, enlist in the military, to sign a contract, to buy a gun, to get a tattoo and to get married. Saunders writes,
On Tuesday, the California Senate voted to raise the age when young people can buy cigarettes, from 18 to 21. The Hawaii Legislature has passed similar legislation. A companion California bill would mandate that e-cigarettes fall under the same restrictions as tobacco smokes.

Recreational marijuana? Colorado, Washington, Alaska and District of Columbia say ya gotta be 21.

Here is a map showing the age at which young people may begin drinking, courtesy of Wikipedia.
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colors: black = illegal, brown = 25, reddish brown = 21, red = 20, purple = 19, blue = 18, green = 16, grey equals no regulations/no information

When is an American finally recognized as an adult? Saunders writes,
The Democrats’ 2010 Affordable Care Act mandates that health plans provide coverage for parents’ adult children up to age 26. It was a popular provision with parents whose college-graduate children could not get a job with health benefits. But then, to the nanny-state left — with its proposals to squeeze soda drinking and ban single-use plastic bags and smoking (other than medical marijuana) — we are all children, regardless of age.
Read more here.

Sunday, March 01, 2015

Literacy test to vote?

Fred Reid writes,
Allowing the foolish to vote makes likely the election of the equally fatuous, or of a wily confidence man.
Therefore, Fred proposes:
For voting in federal elections, we should employ a literacy test to disenfranchise the majority of the population, to the infinite betterment of the country. This wise move should be accompanied by an increase in the voting age to twenty-five.
Read more here.