October 21, 2007

Spitzer driver's licenses and illegal aliens voting (Motor Voter)

From this:

A new front has opened up in the war over Gov. Eliot Spitzer's undocumented immigrants driver's license controversy - the voting booth.

The latest battle lines are being drawn over how the state processes what is popularly called "motor voter" applications, where those seeking drivers' licenses can at the same time register to vote.

Critics say Spitzer is not only compromising security by licensing undocumented immigrants, but he also is opening the door to a flood of illegal voters. Aides to Spitzer say he is just following the existing law, and the new rules will improve security and public safety.

New York DMV first sent out a memo saying that Motor Voter apps were only for those who supplied a Social Security number. That was followed the same day by another memo saying clerks can't withhold MV forms and should just send them all to the registrar of voters. Spitzer's office said the second was the policy all along. Keep reading:

However, John McArdle, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno (R-Brunswick), said several upstate clerks have told their office that the new directive is a "total reversal" of past practice. "This strips back the veil of what their intentions have been all along - to register as many illegals as they can," McArdle said.

Frank Merola, Rensselaer's Republican county clerk, said that before the Oct. 2 change listing the Social Security number on the license application automatically opened the option for going to the motor voter screen on the computer. The latest change eliminates that safeguard, he added.

Maybe it's time for the Feds to step in and take a closer look at Eliot Spitzer.

Posted to Immigration_dls at October 21, 2007 09:29 PM