Speech #1030005437

The Congressional Research Service has found that 8 of the 10 States that adopted some type of motorvoter registration system prior to the 1988 Presidential election actually saw a decline in voter turnout. It is another costly mandate on States. As a former Arkansas State legislator. I know the resentment we cause when we impose costly mandates on States already strapped with budget shortfalls. Illegal immigrants would be registered to vote when they got their drivers license. Zoe Bairds chauffeur had a drivers licensebut he had no legal right to be here or vote here. Welfare agencies must provide voter registration. and other governmental agencies such as public schools and libraries are not required to do so.