From Steve Abernathy,
Commissioner, Davidson County Election Commissiion
Good Evening Friends,
Commissioner, Davidson County Election Commissiion
Good Evening Friends,
It
was a tuff battle, but we won. Even though the Commission voted to
rescind the motion I had made in February, it forced the State Election
Coordinator Office to finally set a date to release the report by April 8th 2013. It was supposed to be released on March 6th, 2012,
and that office failed to release the information to the County
Election Commissions so we could begin our part of the 30 day process to
verify citizenship on those voters identified that registered to vote
illegally. This same issue impacts elections in all States because of
the Federal Motor Voter Act, passed in 1993. Florida, Michigan, and
Colorado are three states that took more aggressive action to identify
and remove non-US citizens from their voting rolls during 2012.
There
have been three major elections in Tennessee during that time, and
based on my review of the voter registration document process at the
Tennessee Department of Safety, I am certain we had non-US citizens on
our voting rolls during those elections. Anyone on the Voting rolls in
error “dilutes” your vote, and should be removed as soon as possible. I
have run various models, factoring the amount of time the “Motor Voter Act” has been in place, and believe it is possible we could have between 3000-10,000 non-US citizens on our Voting rolls in Davidson County alone, out of 370,000 registered voters. Even if it is just one, we must remove that person from our Voting rolls as soon as possible to insure we have honest elections.
This
not only “dilutes” your vote, it also hurts legal non-US citizens when
they attempt to get their US Citizenship. Part of the process of
applying for US Citizenship involves Immigration services checking
voting rolls. If it is discovered the non-US citizen applying for
citizenship is registered to vote, either mistakenly or on purpose, they
could be deported. They are guilty of a felony, even though a
Government employee asked them if they wanted to register to vote, while
holding a document clearly indicating they are not a US citizen yet.
This flaw in the Motor Voter Act process is ridiculous and is by definition “entrapment”. It should be stopped across the country.
This is a timely issue because it is currently being debated at the Supreme Court. See the attached link.
Thank you for your support and special thanks to Chris Cannon from Channel 5 for doing an outstanding report.
Steve Abernathy
Davidson County Commissioner
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I believe Steve's estimates are certainly possible. MNPS now has a 16% hispanic student population (12,965) according to the state report card.
ReplyDeleteIt is the one people group that is really disproportionate compared to other areas in the state.