(AgapePress) - A Colorado congressman is praising a bill recently introduced in the House that would curb voter fraud by requiring voters to actually prove their citizenship.
It is called the Federal Election Integrity Act of 2004 (H.R. 4530). Introduced by Illinois Republican Henry Hyde, it is designed to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, also known as the "Motor Voter Bill." That Clinton-era legislation has been criticized because it provides no safeguards from illegal aliens being able to register to vote.
That is why one of the stated purposes of Hyde's legislation is to prevent fraud in federal elections. Tom Tancredo of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus says illegal alien voting has been a serious problem."There's been plenty of voter fraud -- and there are members of Congress who are affected by it," the Caucus chairman says. He cites one of the more blatant examples of voter fraud which took place in California when Bob Dornan lost his congressional seat because illegal aliens were apparently able to register and vote."And there are plenty of others," Tancredo says. "And that's just at the congressional level. It's all over the United States at state and local elections."The Colorado congressman says the bill provides logical safeguards. "It's just to provide aid, especially to secretaries of state throughout the country, in order to make sure that the election laws are followed, requiring people to provide election officers with proof of citizenship," he says. And despite such provisions that make "perfectly logical" sense, the lawmaker says the bill faces very difficult circumstances.Even though the bill goes a long way toward ensuring that illegal aliens cannot vote, Tancredo says he is not optimistic about its chances to pass. "You ask yourself: 'Is this not amazing [that] you ask somebody to, in fact, prove their citizenship before they vote? This is going to a problem?' But it will be," he assures.Tancredo is among the 16 co-sponsors of H.R. 4530, as are Representatives Rosco Bartlett of Maryland, Sam Johnson of Texas, and Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
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