Chris I know his family great folks. What a great son they have raised. Keep up the good work Chris. Office of Representative Chris Millis District #16 – Pender & Onslow Counties phone: 919-715-9664 10/20/14 Letter to the North Carolina State Board of Elections Fellow citizens, please find the following excerpt from a letter sent to the State Board of the North Carolina State Board of Elections on October 20, 2014 concerning non-citizens registered to vote in North Carolina. Dear State Board Members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections: It has been recently brought to my attention that there is high potential that our North Carolina voter registration rolls may include non-citizens that are registered to vote in the upcoming election. I am troubled that the sovereignty of one’s vote has the potential to be negated by individuals who are not legal citizens of our State and Nation. In an effort to separate facts from speculation, your official investigation into this matter and response to my office is requested. Correspondence began a few weeks ago between interested individuals and the NCSBOE staff concerning whether individuals under the Federal “DACA” program were currently registered to vote in North Carolina. Please note that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is a Federal designation instituted in 2012 by the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish that the Federal government would “defer action” in upholding the law concerning undocumented illegal immigrants that met a specific criteria. Due to this Federal action, North Carolina’s administration moved forward with issuing driving privileges to DACA individuals in a manner that would include a unique NC Driver’s License noting the individual’s legal presence but unlawful status. I, along with a number of other members of the legislature, disagreed with the administration’s move to issue identification and driver’s licenses by way of the state due to unknown and unintended consequences that could arise without a prudent examination of related statutes and mechanisms for proper issuance. Nevertheless, a few years later, it is understood that over 14,800 DACA individuals in North Carolina have received state issued driver’s licenses and a number may be registered to vote in the upcoming election. Written correspondence by the Executive Director of the NC State Board of Elections claims that “an extremely large number of voters” on the voter rolls appear to be non-citizens when the data from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) was verified with the Federal Department of Homeland Security. While I will refrain from jumping to any conclusions at this point, I do request an official response from the State Board on whether DACA individuals, non-citizen visa holders, permanent legal residents, or any other non-citizen are currently registered to vote in North Carolina. Also, if non-citizens are found on the voter rolls, please officially respond to the likely procedure in which these non-citizens were allowed to register to vote (since the very first requirement is to be a United States citizen) and the Board’s actions for immediate removal. Thank you for your attention to this important matter and for your service on the State Board. I look forward to your response concerning the facts surrounding non-citizens on North Carolina’s voter rolls, their pathway to becoming registered to vote, and future action to be taken by the Board. Based upon this information it is my desire that the people of North Carolina, and their state elected officials, would be properly informed and would take the necessary action to protect the sovereignty of the vote of each and every citizen of our great State. Respectfully, Representative Chris Millis
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:01:00 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015