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发信人: gemini2012 (双子AB), 信区: USANews
标 题: 共和党在行动──推动立法，防止选举作弊
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Aug 14 17:21:13 2016, 美东)
DENVER, Colorado─Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in Colorado on
Saturday was pushing states to adopt the Secure and Fair Elections (“SAFE”
) Act, model legislation he wrote to prevent vote fraud by requiring voter
identification and proof of citizenship.
Kobach is a rising star among conservatives, many of whom would like to see
him tapped by Donald Trump to be U.S. attorney general in a Trump
administration. A former Justice Department attorney under Attorney General
John Ashcroft in the Bush 43 administration, Kobach has made a national name
for himself as one of the leading advocates of securing the ballot box
against fraud, and also as the author of key provisions making the 2016 GOP
Platform the most conservative in modern history, on issues ranging from the
border wall, to traditional marriage, to the Supreme Court.
The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) held a national election
law seminar in Denver on Friday and Saturday, and the American Civil Rights
Union (ACRU) convened an invitation-only event alongside RNLA’s seminar,
featuring several secretaries of state, chief election officers, Republican
former and current federal elections officials, and constitutional lawyers,
to explore strategies to protect against voter fraud. Kobach spoke at both
events.
During the ACRU event, Kobach touted his SAFE Act, which was designed to
require proof of U.S. citizenship and proof of identity in a manner
fulfilling the requirements the U.S. Supreme Court has held are consistent
with the Constitution. It is model legislation for states to adopt as part
of their election laws, rather than a federal law, since the Constitution
entrusts the sovereign states with primary responsibility for holding
elections.
The SAFE Act authorizes as “qualifying identification” to vote current
photo IDs (or also expired IDs for voters over age 65) that are:
a driver’s license issued by any state or district of the United States;
a state identification card issued by any state or district of the
United States;
a concealed carry [firearm] license … issued by any state or district
of the United States;
a United States passport;
an employee badge or identification document issued by a municipal,
county, state, or federal government office or agency of the United States;
a military identification document issued by the United States;
a student identification card issued by a public postsecondary
institution of education; or
a public assistance identification card issued by a municipal, county,
state, or federal government office or agency of the United States.
The SAFE Act also makes exceptions, allowances, and accommodations for
military personnel and their families, for people with special medical
disabilities, and for individuals whose religious beliefs prohibit them from
taking photographs.
Speaking exclusively with Breitbart News in Denver at the ACRU event, Kobach
said, “Every time an alien votes, it cancels out the vote of a United
States citizen. This is a nationwide problem.”
“Every state needs to address it and take steps to secure the most
fundamental privilege of citizenship─the vote,” he added.
Ken Klukowski is senior legal editor for Breitbart News and a fellow at the
American Civil Rights Union. He is also the coauthor with Ken Blackwell of
“The Other Voting Right,” published by Yale Law & Policy Review. Follow
him on Twitter @kenklukowski. |
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