That the Republican leadership would bring such a bill that diminishes a citizens constitutional right to vote. to the full House under suspension. circumventing three House committees that have jurisdiction. and making seven substantive changes to the bill the night before. is a disgrace. This verification scheme in this bill is simply unworkable. The Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) do not have the records to verify citizenship. The SSA is unable to confirm citizenship because SSA is not the official custodian of birth. naturalization. or other records that constitute evidence of citizenship. The INS database is severely flawed because is does not include any information on any native born citizens. And the INS database does not include citizens naturalized before computer records were kept of citizens who were recently naturalized. We are all against voter fraud. but H.R. 1428 is requiring a confirmation process for citizenship which is just not possible with any existing federal database. The bill would also be very costly.
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