Credit to AP News Article by Haddon Lockyer
On September 27th, 30,000 non-citizens located in the state of Colorado were mistakenly sent mailers encouraging them to register to vote in next month's midterms, according to Colorado officials. The office of Jena Griswold, Colorado's Democrat Secretary of State, made the announcement earlier this week. Griswold's team stated that department employees had looked over a list of 102,000 names given by the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), an organization that works to improve U.S. voting rolls and register more voters. However, in the batch of names sent to Colorado, approximately 30,000 of the listed residents are not actual citizens and are ineligible to vote. The announcement reads: “The Department has become aware that approximately 30,000 EBU [Eligible But Unregistered] postcard mailers were incorrectly sent to ineligible Coloradans. The office is undertaking an internal review of the incident and will take any corrective action that is warranted.” According to reports from local media, the state officials had compared the given names to DMV records in Colorado. However, in doing so, the office sent mailers to non-citizens who had active driver's licenses. Colorado is one of 17 states (plus Washington D.C.) that issues driver's licenses to state occupants who aren't U.S. citizens.
Credit to the Colorado Springs Gazette While the mailers did inform recipients that they must be at least 18 years old, be residents of Colorado for at least 22 days, and be citizens of the U.S., many still expressed concern about the glitch and the sending of the mailers to those ineligible to vote. Therefore, in an attempt to smooth the issue over, the Secretary of State's office stated that they will be sending out correction mailers. Whether or not those mailers have been sent yet is unclear. The states of Colorado's GOP chair, Kristi Burton Brown, criticized Griswold over the issue, saying: “Jena Griswold continues to make easily avoidable errors just before ballots go out." This mistake may hurt Griswold's reelection campaign. Griswold will face off against Republican challenger Pam Anderson in November. Non-citizens are not permitted to vote in any U.S. elections, no matter which state they are located in. Those who attempt to vote illegally will face legal consequences, including the possibility of deportation. Have comments? Share them below. Recently, The Informed Youth announced our Insiders initiative. If you become an Insider, you'll get early access to some of our projects, a special "thank you" message from Haddon Lockyer, and more. Plus, you'll be supporting young conservatives. How cool is that? Find out more. The Informed Youth is America's newest conservative source for reliable and factual news, brought to you by the Nation's patriotic young people. Learn more about us by clicking here, and sign up for our mailing list below. If you would like to support our cause, click the Donate button below:
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