The Discovery and Coverup of Non-Citizen Registration and Voting
The National Voter Registration Act or "Motor Voter" law allows people to register to vote by filling out a form in the Division of Motor Vehicles. The form asks applicants whether they are citizens or not, and the only verification is checking the box "yes, I am a citizen." The "proof" of citizenship is
checking the box.
Attempts by various states to require registrants to provide documentary proof of citizenship during registration for federal elections have been thwarted by lawsuits brought by left-leaning voter groups and the Department of Justice. Virginia therefore requires applicants to merely check a box in order to “prove” their citizenship status.
Motor voter also requires that
Election officials must also “maintain for at least 2 years” and “make available for public inspection” “all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of official lists of eligible voters.”
In Prince William County (DC suburb), 433 registrants were purged once it was determined they were non-citizens. Bedford 35. Roanoke, 22, etc.
Edgardo Cortes (
Democrat), the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections, directed county/city registrars
not to make registration information available for public inspection.
In eight of Virginia's 133 counties/cities 1,046 non-citizens had found their way onto the voter registration rolls. The only way off was the accidental discovery by the county/city registrar or the individual themselves coming and declaring to the registrar that he/she was in fact a non-citizen (i.e. admitting to a felony). In other words, finding and striking non-citizens from the roles is difficult and rare. If non-citizens get registered at the same rate as these eight jurisdictions, that amounts to
17,000 non-citizens registered to vote statewide. We do not know if this is a normal rate, because Democrat Edgardo Cortes has directed county registrars not to make registration records public.
31 of these non-citizens were discovered to have voted in 6 elections 2005-2015, mostly in 2008 and 2012.
In Fairfax County, 278 registered voters had
informed the DMV that they were not citizens, yet they were registered to vote anyway, and 117 of them did vote.
Prince William County removed a total of 433 non-citizens removed from its voter rolls since 2011, 84 non-citizens in 2015 and 2016. Of these registrants, "77 checked “yes” on their registration form, attesting, under penalty of perjury, that they were U.S. citizens." Four had checked "no, I am not a U.S. citizen" and
were registered to vote anyway.
Quelle surprise.
Of these 1,046 non-citizens on voter roles (a felony), the Commonwealth has prosecuted 0. The US DOJ has prosecuted none of them either. Both are controlled by
Democrat administrations.
This relationship between Democrats in control and no prosecution for voter registration fraud is probably coincidence.
The General Assembly passed a law requiring the clerk of court to “make such information available to local elections officials so that they could cancel the registration of those individuals deemed ineligible to vote." Virginia's Carpetbagger
Democrat Governor McAuliffe vetoed the bill.
Virginia Attorney General
Democrat Mark Herring defeated Republican Mark Obenshain by
165 votes out of more than 2.2 million votes cast. Herring, by the way, was the Commonwealth's attorney who sought the office and accepted the Commonwealth's salary, but refused to defend his client in court because he felt his client was wrong.
Nothing to see here. Just move along.
I'm sure the lefties will be along shortly to decry the racist facts in the report.
Blah, blah,
"Alt-right!" blah blah,
"Rachel Maddow!" blah, blah,
"racist!" mumble, mumble...