It is one of the documents. by law. that may be presented to an employer to establish work eligibility. That is the law of the United States. How many undocumented workers. illegal aliens. or whatever euphemistic term you want to use. are going to turn down the opportunity to receive the most precious voter registration card when he goes in to get a drivers license? Tens of thousands of illegal aliens apply for and receive drivers licenses every year. Why would an illegal alien decline in writing to receive that card? That is what this bill says. to "decline in writing." We certainly should not be led astray in thinking that they will be deterred by the attestation on the application. Every time an illegal alien takes a job in this country. he signs under oath that he is eligible to work in the United States under penalty of perjury. He is not deterred by the penalties on the employment form in any way. and there is no reason to believe he would be deterred on the voter registration form. assuredly. Remember. again. every time an illegal alien takes a job. he or she signs something under penalty of perjury and they do it all the time. Realistically. will the threat of perjury prosecution prevent anyone from lying without a check of documents verifying citizenship? Election officials are going to have to rely on people to tell the truth. Is this enough to ensure the integrity of the voting process? I think it is going to be terribly difficult to discover noncitizens illegally registering to vote without requiring citizenship documentation. If they are not discovered. they are not prosecuted. Is this some really meaningful deterrent to illegally registering to vote?
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Generalization that illegal aliens will always seek opportunities to obtain voter registration cards and are not deterred by penalties.