Vote, Don't miss this election wrote on Jun 1, 2006 4:52 AM:It is time to vote again, turn is usually terrible! Will the newly registered Latino's vote for or against illegal immigration? Logic says they should stand against the illegal immagration but will emotion win the war? Everyone should try their best to stay logical and do the smart thing for the long term which is protect the system and the country and vote to close the borders and enforce the laws!

vista wrote on Jun 1, 2006 6:45 AM:Are illegal immigrants registering to vote? What kinds of safe guards are in place to see that it doesn't happen? Arn't citizens the only ones allowed to vote?

Mike the Marine wrote on Jun 1, 2006 6:51 AM:How are these voter registration organizations insuring that the persons they register are U.S. citizens? Many states have a requirement to have a photo ID when registering to vote and when voting. Why not California?

dear vista wrote on Jun 1, 2006 7:21 AM:I checked the registrar's website. The only documentation required to register is a Cal. drivers license. Since many illegals have obtained a drivers license with stolen birth certificates and social security numbers, who knows? Identity theft is a FELONY, yet our government looks the other way. What the HELL is going on?

voter wrote on Jun 1, 2006 7:40 AM: Chill out voter and vista most Mexican voters vote Republican because they too want control over illegal immigration. However any increase in ‘Latino Vote’ in Vista would be rigged because most of the Townsite population is not a citizen.

Daren wrote on Jun 1, 2006 7:51 AM:There had better be some checking into the legal status of these people being registered.

thereallvoting wrote on Jun 1, 2006 8:02 AM:No anyone can vote in california, The voter registration form asks if you are legal to vote all you have to do is say yes and sign your name. There are no checks to verify if someone is legal or not. This is only in california, where the democrats have made it so anyone can vote.

Your missing the point wrote on Jun 1, 2006 8:29 AM:Both parties WANT this new voter group, weather its legal or not. Both political parties are looking at thier own gain, NOT whats better for America or the REAL Americans that got them elected in the first place. Dont you get it, they just want to be in power by any means. So either sit back and watch them give the country away, or get heavily involved in the election process to make sure that who we elect has AMericas interest at heart, not another countries.

Vote wrote on Jun 1, 2006 9:27 AM:Hopefully, changing the registration laws will be next by the California legislature. I always thought we should have a requirement to have a picture ID before being allowed to vote. Not politically correct I know but very necessary.

Forget PC wrote on Jun 1, 2006 10:24 AM:The election process is becomming such a farce! Groups (getting headlines) organized to bring out the illegal vote (nice reporting), Demos taking each other out in TV campaigns, nausiating union ads telling us that what's good for them and their families is good for us! Bunk! We are already over the slippery slope!

Stonewall wrote on Jun 1, 2006 10:34 AM:There is no denying that large amounts of Mexican illegal aliens are registering to vote in our elections. This is a tragedy when you consider all the people that have died in wars to secure or freedoms and the right to vote for legal citizens. Word has it that Congressional candidate Francine Busby has made a deal w/Latino activist groups to swing their vote her way in next weeks election in return for her promise to push for and promote AMNESTY. If you want your neighborhood to look like Tijuana, then vote for Busby. If you want someone who will fight against any form of Amnesty and the spreading illegal alien anarchy in our midst, then vote for Brian Bilbray for Congress and Bruce Ruff for Sheriff (Kolendar has done little to protect citizens from the ravages of illegal alien criminals). Bruce Ruff has vowed to make combatting illegal alien crime his top priority.

Jorge wrote on Jun 1, 2006 10:49 AM:They could care less if they are legal or not as long as they vote their way. These people know that the registar of voters will never check the citizenship status of these people and if they do they know they can just tie the whole thing up in the courts and play the race cards.

To Stonewall wrote on Jun 1, 2006 10:58 AM:No one is registering illegal aliens to vote!!! Are you people crazy. There are however, many Latinos who are qualified to vote that have not registered. So it is wise for groups to go after those who are eligible to vote.

To Vista wrote on Jun 1, 2006 11:05 AM:Yes only citizens are allowed to vote. I think many people who are commenting on this forum uninformed, and are jumping to conclusions. Where doe is it say in this article does it say that these groups are registering "illegal immigrants"? They are getting Premanent Resident Aliens to apply for citizenship hence they are eligible to vote. Don't read more into this than there is. It is not a big conspiracy against the "real Americans"

A_Mexicans_Opinion wrote on Jun 1, 2006 11:39 AM:Democrats ususally will register anybody, dead people, felons, illegal immigrants, count their votes come election day, then claim disenfranchisement when those votes are discounted!! It should be a long prison term for those people who vote illegally, from the person who registers than to the party official who sanctions the vote.

US Citizen in Townsite wrote on Jun 1, 2006 12:04 PM:Permanent resident Aliens are NOT eligible to vote. Only US citizens are allowed. California is 100% compliant with HAVA. You must present ID at the polls the first time you vote. The Secretary of State checks and maintains the registration rolls for the entire state. The DL#,CA ID#,or last 4 digits of the SocSec# on your affidavit is verified with the DMV and in cooperation with the Social Security Administration. Recent Felony convictions are regularly sent to the Sec.of State and crosschecked against the roles. No felon on parole may vote. Your affidavit to vote is your certification that you are a US Citizen. That means that if you lie- you are guilty of perjury.Penalty is a Felony punishable by jail. Recent Felony convictions are regularly sent to the Sec.of State and crosschecked against the roles. No felon on parole may vote. Get the Truth at: www.ss.ca.gov/elections/

ILLEGAL aliens wrote on Jun 1, 2006 12:33 PM:now want to vote in OUR elections? We lazy Americans better get off our cans and write letters to our Senators and Legislators who favor amnesty and let them know how we feel and maybe we better start marching? I hope people realize in THIS election and the next in two years ILLEGAL aliens and the drain on our schools, lives etc must be the MOST important issue a candidate can address.

Ron wrote on Jun 1, 2006 1:10 PM:So the Democrats want illegals, and felons as voters. Why not? After all, the dead in Chicago have been voting for years. Obviously no common sense. We need to have valid ID's, and have them checked when anyone wants to vote.

To US Citizen in Townsite wrote on Jun 1, 2006 1:46 PM:Now tell us something we don't know. Of Course everyone knows that Permanent Resident Aliens are not eligible to vote. But they are eligible to apply for Citizenship and then and only then will they be able to vote. I just hope somewhere along the line they are also affored the protection under the Constitution. All of you slinging mud and implying that all Latinos, Mexicans, or whatever else you choose to call them are illegal immigrants. I applaud any group that takes time to inform and educate the community to make a difference in the world. Cast your vote for Immigration reform, and safe borders. Why bother to write to your Senators they spent more time discussing the fact that English should be the National language, rather than address the real issues. Give me a break.

Wow Ron How Profound!! wrote on Jun 1, 2006 1:47 PM:What is left to say?

Schizoid USA wrote on Jun 1, 2006 2:21 PM:If the illegals can register to vote, then so can I, all 25 of me!

Voice of reason wrote on Jun 1, 2006 5:12 PM:It is pure racism to say that groups who are trying to reach out to register Hispanics are trying to register illegal aliens. It is impossible to register illegal immigrants unless you want to risk a federal felony charge. Why do we register people including legal immigrants to vote? Because they are Americans with the same rights as any other citizen. What is real motive of A_Mexicans_Opinion?

Skip wrote on Jun 1, 2006 7:33 PM:Illegal Aliens would not dare to vote! Why that would be breaking the law.

To US Citizen in Townsite wrote on Jun 1, 2006 8:58 PM:It seems YOU are the only one who mentions Latinos. Everyone else talks of ILLEGAL immigrants. This is not a Nationality issue but an ILLEGAL Immigrant issue. Don't make it anything other than that. Study the words of Teddy Roosevelt, 'you can not be loyal to two flags' (and much more( Theodore Roosevelt.org)see allegiance, pg 9.

Stonewall wrote on Jun 1, 2006 9:51 PM:Anyone who thinks illegals are not registering/being registered is either in denial, naieve, or so blinded by selfrighteousness, ideology and hate, that they cannot perceive things/reality as it actually is. Voter fraud is rampant. It is a blight on the once sacred and meaningfull right, as a U.S. citizen, to vote a praticipate in the democratic process. But alas, even this once hallowed arena has been corrupted. FYI...electronic voting machines are the worst. If you don't think there is rampant voter fraud, then I have a bridge I'd like to sell you. Just ask Orange County politician and household name, Bob "B 1" Dornan, who lost his seat to a Hispanic woman in what has subsequently been proven to be the result of overt voter/illegal alien fraud.

Stop the Hysteria wrote on Jun 1, 2006 10:48 PM: In order to register to vote, a person needs a drivers license and the last four letters of his/her Social Security number. The Registrar of Voters checks to be sure they match. Any illegal drivers license number pops up. Voting in American elections is not a priority for illegals -- work is. But let's face it. Voting in American elections is not a priority for Americans either. Less than 50% of Americans vote. I wonder how many people complaining today voted in the last election?

Absolutely Amazed! wrote on Jun 1, 2006 11:42 PM:I feel like I have stumbled into the caldrons of hell with all the hatred and biases being expressed. In Orange County, it was discovered recently that large numbers of "decline to state" and Democrats have found themselves mysteriously switched to registered Republicans. Tens of thousands of legitimate registered or registering voters are being tossed off the rolls due to clerical errors resulting mismatches with the new Statewide database that matches against drivers' license numbers and names, social security info, etc. Registrar of Voters offices are overwhelmed with trying to contact the multitude of voters on "mismatch"lists received from the Secretary of State on an ongoing basis. When the discrepancy can't be cleared up, even if the error is clerical, legitimate voters are disenfranchised. The electronic voting systems foisted upon local governments as the end-all and be-all for the future are prone to error, manipulation and secrecy. Private companies, unregulated by the government, provide machines and proprietary software to capture and report election results. One of the three major providers, Sequoia, is owned by Venezuelan citizens. Sequoia has a long history of questionable practices and now we are outsourcing our voting system to foreign interests. And everybody thinks there's a big problem with illegal aliens voting? It is so minor in comparison to the privatization of the voting system in the U.S. that it is barely a blip on the radar of voting problems. America needs to wake up and demand an open, verifyable and auditable voting system. And if more "Americans" would register to vote, and then get off their sorry butts and vote, the percentage of total voters who are "illegal" would drop like a rock, because "Americans" would finally be exercising the most basic and important right of our democracy. So, we need to clean up the voting system, and get people registered, engaged in the process, and voting. Apathy will result in the loss of our most essential right to control who is in power.

Your Higher Power wrote on Jun 3, 2006 4:48 PM:Oh Oh just think what if.. Suppose all the undocumented became citizens? They would probably join the Democratic Party and vote Republicans out of office. Hispanics tend to vote Democrat. Oh golly gee could that be why nothing is really being done that would document and then register to vote the undocumented.

Inspector wrote on Jun 5, 2006 11:40 AM:If someone wants something bad enough they will do just about anything even if it is illegal. Obviously illegal immigrants have shown us that by crossing our border illegally. Someone has my identity information now in two different states 3 addresses. I could be voting all over the country and not know it. How did you like our democrat state senators support the May 1 boycott? How did you like our democrat state senator Feinsteins Orange card that would allow even more illegal immigrants to remain here? For those that haven't felt the negative influx Of illegal immigration yet drive around LA, Santa Ana, and Orange County and see just how bad it's really going to get.

Kristie wrote on Jun 5, 2006 3:38 PM:If you just listened to Lou Dobbs you would have seen Busby speaking to a group of Mexican people telling them that they needed no papers in order to register in California. Does that tell you anything? I for one am concerned about the voting process in California and will write and call our Secretary of State.

debbie wrote on Jun 6, 2006 12:23 PM:It doesn’t matter if they have a valid Ca driver’s license any way, when you see them voting you will still look at them and think they are illegal. THAT’S HOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE. DON'T BOTHER DENYING IT you know it’s true? Oh yea by the way all Politicians say what they what you to hear so they can get your vote and everyone for got about all the other people that are driving without a license. thats right they are americans so its alright for them to screw the Goverment.