our polling places require a picture id, but honestly, if i had to prove citizenry by tuesday, i don't know if i could. we all know the REAL reason arizona is doing this and it STINKS
Eligible to Vote in Arizona? Prove It
A new law requires evidence of citizenship. Thousands of legal residents are in a bind. By Nicholas Riccardi, Times Staff Writer
PHOENIX — A stringent new voter identification law being put into effect in Arizona — designed to keep illegal immigrants from voting — will also prevent thousands of legitimate voters from casting ballots Tuesday, election officials say.Proposition 200, which voters approved last year, requires Arizonans to prove U.S. citizenship to register to vote and to show a photo ID at the polls.
The law put this border state at the edge of a nationwide push to tighten screening at the polls: fifteen states now require ID at polling places, but no other state requires documentation of citizenship in order to register.It's a movement that advocates say is long overdue to prevent election fraud, but which critics say will decrease voter turnout and has already disenfranchised thousands of Arizona voters.In Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, more than 10,000 people trying to register have been rejected for being unable to prove their citizenship. Yvonne Reed, a spokeswoman for the recorder's office, said Friday that most probably are U.S. citizens whose married names differ from their birth certificates or who have lost documentation.Reed said she hoped the number of rejected voters would shrink as election officials explained the new requirements. But, she said, "there will be an amount of people who we will not be able to get on the rolls because of not being able to find the right documents or just losing interest."In Pima County, home to Tucson, 60% of those who tried to register initially could not. Chris Roads, chief deputy recorder and registrar, said all appeared to be U.S. citizens but many had moved to Arizona recently and couldn't access birth certificates or passports...........
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Hello Lb,
As I was reading this story I stopped to look back at the headline you gave it.
It's ironic, and very appropriate.
I had to ask myself,
"What's the real agenda?"
As I read the many well presented stories here something resonated in me.
It was the voice of memory. I'd heard this before.
And so I read previous stories. And postings. And, like a tiger released from his cage, one thing leapt out at me. One queston. One undeniable truism.
What... what... WHAT is it that you're SO angry at?
The sarcasm; the cynicism and the furiously spoken, vitriolic invective is simply overwhelming. And what does it tell me?
That you are a
very frightened woman.
Why?
People love you. There is at least one who loves you. Of that you can be sure, Lb.
What is it that has you by the ears?
You say, by way of description, that you are a talker and perhaps you will think about it later.
That may be a trait of which you might be proud.
If you REALLY believe that, and you ARE proud of it, than you MUST learn to expect that there are people who will react to what you say. Some of them may say things you don't like.
I may be one of them.
If you DO believe in what you say, and that the way you do things is justified; if you're as tough as you SAY you are, then, at least the way we played it in my old neighborhood, as we used to say,
"Ya' gotta be willin' ta' take yer shots, pal."
So, you ASKED for this. Don't cry
"Foul!"
Be the dynamic, fair, tough woman you CLAIM you are and LISTEN!
You say on this page, at the top of the masthead, "Be well. Dream in colors." And then... and THEN...
"Do as you will and it harm none."
Well you did as you would.
And it really harmed.
People want to love you. What is there in trying to push them away?
at least there was one who loved you. But you wanted nothing of him.
And you say you care. You say it all meant something to you.
It's funny, you know. As much as you despise the Catholic church, the two of you have a few things in common.
You say one thing... and you do another.
You say you care, but your behavior betrays you.
You CLAIM to be a progressive thinker.
But like those old men in Rome who wear the long scarlet dresses, your liberality extends only to those who think as you do.
And when, by pure accident; without any malice whatsoever; someone hurts your feelings; when they, with complete unknowing, tread on a tender and unhealed memory, you scream
"ASSASSIN!"
What is it, Lb?
What could it be?
Why... why... WHY?
Why ME?
Who only wanted to care for you?
What... why... who...
What is the REAL agenda?
You said you weren't done talking to me.
Well, OK. If you ARE who you SAY you are, then I am asking you to be that person.
If you're NOT, then you never were.
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