Are You A U.S. Citizen? [Question Asked on Detroit Ballot]

[ThisIsForTheHeart]

I like this idea. It will help with voter fraud. Non-citizens should not be allowed to vote period.

[gnome]

I like this idea. It will help with voter fraud. Non-citizens should not be allowed to vote period.

I like the idea too. I don't like the idea of haggard and hassled SoS workers are in charge of determining who is a citizen. They are busy folks, there is no way they could have the level of training to determine if supplied documents are fake or real. All that is understandable, but again, that is not the issue.

Ruth Johnson had her allies in the House and Senate submit bills for passage into law. When those bills got on the Governor's desk, he vetoed it. therefore this is not a law, it is a decree.

If you like this decree, fine, but what if a future SoS issues a decree you don't like? This is why we have a Constitution. This is why we protect that document.

[Bham1982]

I like this idea. It will help with voter fraud. Non-citizens should not be allowed to vote period.

Except that there's no evidence of voter fraud, and these types of questions do discourage Latino turnout.

IMO this is another bigoted, nativist Conservative initiative. This is yet another reason that Republicans are probably sealing their long-term fate. They have a huge demographic problem.

[JBMcB]

Except that there's no evidence of voter fraud, and these types of questions do discourage Latino turnout.

I've yet to hear a compelling argument why it discourages people who are legally allowed to vote from voting. You're either legally allowed to vote or you aren't. If you're a naturalized citizen, they cover this in citizenship classes. I know several naturalized citizens, and they are 100% clear on if, how, when, where and why they can vote.