The days of the infamous poll tax are gone. and the 19th Amendment ensures that all of our nations citizens are granted representation through their vote. H.R. 1428. the socalled "Voter Eligibility Verification Act" is a misguided Republican attempt at curtailing the Voting Rights Act as well as key provisions of the Privacy Act. The bill allows federal. state. and local officials to randomly challenge the right to vote of any person they choose. and it directs the Social Security Administration and the Immigration and Naturalization Service to investigate the citizenship of any individual at the request of election officials. The INS and the Social Security Administration both oppose this bill. They know that many of their files are outdated and that they cannot accurately verify the citizenship of Americans.
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