Hi Howard -

Believe it or not, not only is there no citizenship test
for voter registration in California, it is against the law
for Registrars to ask.

The registration form has a box which you check to
assure posterity that you are a citizen. In the here &
now no checking of your statement is required, or in-
deed allowed.

Russell has only to provide a local address & he's in.

regards, Jack

On 1/12/08, Howard Winter <HDRW@h2org.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> John,
>
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 19:37:11 -0800, John Gardner wrote:
>
> > .
> > > And how are they getting away with it? You're letting them.
> >
> > That's a little rough on Russell & Jinx, don'cha think?
> >
> > OTOH, Russell was here recently, and since anyone can register to vote
> > in Califrisco I suppose he has only himself to
> > blame...
>
> I don't believe this is true - I have friends who've lived in California for
> about 15 years (they're Brits with Green Cards), and they can't vote because
> they're
> foreigners.
>
> They do have to pay taxes though, which seems to contradict a saying which I
> believe was popular over there a couple of hundred years ago!  :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Howard Winter
> St.Albans, England
>
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