Clerks defy ballot citizenship rule - Sec of state wants checkoff box at poll to prevent voter fraud

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit News

September 14, 2012 at 1:00 am
Clerks defy ballot citizenship rule
Secretary of state wants checkoff box at poll to prevent voter fraud
By Chad Livengood
Detroit News Lansing Bureau


Lansing — Some local election officials are resisting Secretary of State Ruth Johnson's demand voting applications in the Nov. 6 general election ask voters to affirm their U.S. citizenship.

Clerks in Macomb County and Lansing plan to defy Johnson's instructions and remove the question from ballot applications, and the Washtenaw County Election Commission voted Thursday to leave it off the forms after the county clerk planned to give townships and cities the option to ask about citizenship.

"It seems like it doesn't really add anything positive to the process. People have already affirmed their citizenship when they register to vote," Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope told The Detroit News.

Other clerks said they have no plans to enforce the question or will use old forms that don't inquire about citizenship. As a reason why they don't have to comply, several clerks cited Gov. Rick Snyder's July veto of a bill that would have made the question law.



Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120914/POLITICS01/209140378#ixzz26Q4XrQHf

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Michigan's SOS is a teabagging POS.

[freshwest]

1. Fingers crossed! Hope these ballots don't get disqualified when they arrive later!

[Coyotl]

2. wing-nut conundrum = local control vs. freedom to cheat

Voter suppression is the giant pendulum of backlash which will kick the Rs in the arse for decades. This issue paints a picture of desperation and cheating, and they will not be able to gain back respect for a generation.