They do it every day !

I'm a Michigan resident and this pisses me off in a major way.

very conservative.

Oy.

It's on the voter registration application.

Sounds like another stupid thing to trip people up to make their vote not count.

The Secretary of State has no business with my Social Security number and may not look into connecting one with me.

It's insane.

I am so against all the ID requirement stuff going on, but I wouldn't ask for trouble where your vote is at stake.

I am really curious, I don't know the answer... but how is having this check box as important an issues as ID requirements that are out and around? Could it really effect voter participation or registration? I'm not sure why this is a big deal.

Correct me people... I want to know.

Republican Gov. Rick Snyder recently vetoed a bill that included a requirement for voters to check a similar citizenship box. It is now on the ballot as an appeasement to the Peeparty despite the fact that citizens are not required to check it.

Ruth Johnson is an idiot. But she's not necessarily dumber than the Michigan electorate who voted her into office, in 2010, and has had at least three Republican Secretaries of State, including her, over the last 20 years.

Michigan is a presidential base state for the Democratic Party, yes, but there are enough Democratic crossover voters willing to elect Republicans statewide as if they're some remnant of the Rockefeller Republicans. (Consider Rick Snyder having won his party's gubernatorial nomination, from 2010, over Senate nominee and Rep. Pete Hoekstra.)

Given these voters, calling themselves Democrats, voted against gays in 2004, after insisting the state's primary voters nominate John Kerry and do everything they can to unseat President George W. Bush, I cannot find their hypocrisy a surprise. (Last polling I checked: Michigan is still under 50 percent approval on same-sex marriage. Barack Obama won the state with 57.33% in Election 2008.)

I think we need to start having gubernatorial elections, in every state in the nation, along with the presidential elections scheduled in leap years. More consistency would be had. And, by the way, this includes down the ballot for Secretary of State.

The poll worker stuttered and said it was optional. Dumbass Republicans.I didn't feel intimidated just annoyed.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI

That and being at least 18 years old are the two basic requirements to vote. I googled a few random states applications:


FL asks "Are you a citizen of the United States of America? YES/NO"

New York's asks "Are you a citizen of the U.S.? If the answer is NO, you cannot register to vote".

Rhode Island's asks "I am a U.S. citizen and resident of Rhode Island. YES/NO".

Illinois states that by signing, one swears and affirms that they are a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury, by making false statements one may be fined, imprisoned, or if not a U.S., deported from the country.

Is affirming that one is a US citizen (the main requirement to vote) now not a legitimate question? What am I missing, every other state I looked at asks.