Hooray for the Red White and Blue...or Why the SAVE Act is Totally Unnecessary Hubris on the Part of Our President

 

I chose this clip art because it seems to me the type that the MAGA crowd would favor, thus a reminder that the American flag and eagle stand for

EVERYONE, ya boo boo heads.

Frequent, heck even infrequent readers of my social media posts, including this blog, know that it doesn't take much for me to work up a lather about the current state of affairs primarily in the good old USA (though the remainder of the world surely doesn't get a free pass).

Precipitating event earlier today was my completion of the Election Judge training, necessary for all election judges in the great State of Minnesota.  (NB: Training is not mandated by one nationwide rule, but training requirements are very common, and most jurisdictions require at least some election workers to receive training before serving. Federal legislators and DJT, take note of what is to come because you may wish to amend your precious SAVE Act.)

Now, I knew this already as I would not be surprised to discover that not only all readers of this blog but a significant portion of the American adult population do, (ready?  pay attention!)

(going with the negative here...)

YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE (in the state of Minnesota)      IF YOU ARE

A REGISTERED FELON

UNDER A GUARDIANSHIP STATUS WHERE RIGHT TO VOTE IS REVOKED

(10 extra credit points if you know what that means)

DEEMED OR JUDGED TO BE LEGALLY INCOMPETENT

OR

NOT A U.S. CITIZEN.

I mean, really.  C'mon.  Let's make a law to enforce a law we already have.  Not the strangest of things going on in this country these days.

Nationally? 

• Non-citizens, including permanent legal residents, cannot vote in federal, state, and most local elections.

This above link comes directly from a federal government website.

So, to repeat.  

YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IF YOU ARE NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.  MLO