Rep. Lofgren Issues Statement on Voting Memorandum |
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By Rep. Zoe Lofgren
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July 16, 2008 |
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today issued the following statement on a recent
Heritage Foundation memorandum on non-citizen voting.
I have
recently been made aware of a Heritage Foundation “Legal
Memorandum” authored by failed FEC nominee Hans von Spakovsky entitled
“The Threat of Non-Citizen Voting.” After reviewing this
“legal” memorandum, I’ve come to the realization that it is
nothing more than political fear mongering masquerading as scholarly research.
I’d go so far as to characterize it as intellectual fraud. The report
sites a few anecdotal sources as evidence that undocumented immigrants are
actively working to undermine our election systems. Little verifiable evidence
exists to support such claims. By far, the largest problem facing our voting
systems is not non-citizen voting, it is the continued disenfranchisement of
minority and working poor Americans.
Republican
operatives have continually used “voter fraud” as a way to justify
their own efforts to disfranchise minority voters. This memo is yet another
piece of this disinformation campaign, which is designed to stoke the fears of
Americans. After participating in numerous hearings and listening to countless
hours of testimony on our elections process, the true fear is that Americans
from all across the country are being actively denied a voice in our political
process. In light of recent votes by my Republican colleagues in the House
it’s also becoming quite clear that they prefer disenfranchisement.
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