CAMPAIGN SOLICITS FOREIGNERS TO REGISTER TO VOTE

'Their citizenship is not something … we would not have any way of knowing that'--A nationwide voter-registration effort encouraging participation by minorities effectively is encouraging noncitizens to vote. And it's not just the usual critics making that charge. Targeted noncitizens say it's an inducement for them to illegally register to vote. A nationwide voter-registration effort encouraging participation by minorities effectively is encouraging noncitizens to vote.


The Washington, D.C.-based Voter Participation Center is using large mailing lists from commercial and nonprofit organizations to send voter registration forms to people they believe have been underrepresented in the political process.

The VPC’s website openly says its focus is on minority women and the unmarried.

“The mission of the VPC is to boost the civic engagement of unmarried women, people of color and 18-29 year olds – the three demographic groups who comprise the Rising American Electorate,” the VPC says.

“These Americans make up 53 percent of the voting-eligible population and are responsible for almost all of the U.S. population growth in recent years, but were only 42 percent of the 2010 electorate and 47 percent in 2008,” the organization explains.

However, noncitizens are also receiving the forms, which worries legal analysts and voter groups like Grassfire Nation that are campaigning for voter ID laws.

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