Non-Citizens May Not Have “The Vision Thing”
Written by Jane Ryan Carrell
Chicago Tribune writer Eric Zorn has offered a new paradigm for U.S. elections. Zorn says, “Let’s give Green Card holders (non-citizens who have legal status to reside permanently and work in the U.S.) voting rights. After all, they pay taxes!” His January 23rd column is titled, “Jesse White’s blunder makes me want to ask, what’s so terrible about allowing non-citizens to vote?”
The column was precipitated by the news that Illinois’ automatic voter registration system, which is in effect at driver’s license facilities and other state agencies, had mistakenly registered 545 non-citizens who had interacted with a state agency.… Continue Reading
Tags: automatic voter registration, Eric Zorn, Jesse White, Secretary of State
Federal Issues, Immigration, Media Watch | David E. Smith | 
February 17, 2020 4:00 AM | 
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