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11. Register to Vote
Because of alleged widespread voting fraud, Arizona has
the first state in the union to require
voters show proof of US citizenship. To register—or
—to vote, Arizona residents must now show a birth
or passport. Reregistration is required whenever a resident
addresses. This requirement will cause problems for citizens
have lost their birth certificate or who don’t
a passport.
“These problems will be settled in
,” said Barney Fife, an election official. “Our priority
to prevent noncitizens from voting. Over 3,000 immigrants
—illegally—in the last governor’s election. Voting is a vital
that belongs to citizens exclusively, not to every
, Dick, and Harry that has just immigrated to
country.”
Critics of the new law say that
will disenfranchise thousands of legitimate voters. Mrs. Thelma
agrees. She just moved to Tucson from Phoenix.
has to reregister now in order to vote,
has no birth certificate or passport.
“I've been
all my life,” she says. “I voted for
in ’60. But I'm on my third marriage—I
hope it’s my last—which means that my last
has changed three times. The Biloxi hospital I
born in was destroyed by hurricane Camille in
. All its records—including my birth certificate—ended up in
Gulf. My only copy of my birth certificate
lost when my drunken first husband fell asleep
the sofa smoking a cigarette. The entire house
down. I’ve lived in Arizona for the past
years. I’ve never even set foot outside America,
now I've got to prove that I'm a
of the United States? Damn bureaucrats!”
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