A Welfare Check and a Voting Card

[Hazcat]

After years of deliberate neglect, the Justice Department is finally beginning to enforce the federal law requiring states to provide voter registration at welfare and food stamp offices. The effort not only promises to bring hundreds of thousands of hard-to-reach voters into the electorate, but it could also reduce the impact of advocacy organizations whose role in registering voters caused such a furor in 2008.

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In part, that was because of additional paperwork at those offices, but in many states, Republican officials did not want to provide easy entry to the voting rolls for low-income people whom they considered more likely to vote Democratic. The Bush administration devoted its attention to seeking out tiny examples of voter fraud and purging people from the rolls in swing states. It did little to enforce the motor-voter law despite years of complaints from civic groups and Democratic lawmakers.

In April, however, President Obama’s Justice Department sent the states a set of guidelines making it clear that it expected full compliance with the public-assistance office section of the law — the first time in the 15-year history of the motor-voter law that the Justice Department has explained what kinds of offices are covered and what procedures are to be used. The guidelines make it clear that people applying for benefits must not only be offered the chance to register but must be given help in filling out the forms if they ask. If states do not comply voluntarily, lawsuits are likely to follow.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/opinion/10tue1.html?_r=2

This is from a NY Slimes editorial and goes on to praise the almighty O and demonize those evil conservatives, but at least they brought the truth about how this regime is advancing its agenda through bureaucratic initiatives without all of that messy laws and constitutional stuff!

[Fatman]

I'm still waiting for a law stating 'Those not paying income tax, having no contributory stake in  tax revenue, may not vote, as in a republic such a vote is a directive on where and how taxes they did not supply are spent.'

Removes 36% or so from Federal elections, State and local election unknown. 

[fightingquaker13]

I'm all in favor of the "motor voter law". Its just like being asked to be an organ donor. Three civic duties done with one visit to the government. No problem. But welfare offices? If you're on the dole, I'm not so sure you should be allowed to vote at all, much less being encouraged to. This is beyond wrong, just like not running people's citizenship right with their prints if they are busted. It makes zero sense long term. Short term maybe, but God willing it will bite the idiots in the ass.
FQ13

[Solus]

The  Liberals know they are facing a tough election this Nov. and they are trying to squeeze every vote they can from the Welfare Constituency that they can.