The U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services unveiled a revised civic portion of its citizenship test in October.The test is unchanged in format– it consists of 10 questions drawn from a pool of 100, and you have to answer six correctly– but it purports to focus more on the principles of our government rather [...]
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McCain Not Fighting For California
July 12, 2008 – 6:55 am
If you were a campaign’s field director and learned that 18,000 people eager to vote for the first time were gathering in one spot, you’d probably show up with at least a few clipboard-wielding volunteers to register them, right? Yet John McCain’s supporters were nowhere to be found Friday morning as the first of three [...]
Arizona Voter Registration Rules Target Illegal Immigrants, But Strike Elderly and Low Income
June 23, 2008 – 10:01 am
When Arizona citizens supported Proposition 200 (pdf) in 2004, they became the first state in the nation to require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. Grassroots voter registration groups like Project Vote say the requirement has barred them from signing up one in nine eligible citizens who lack necessary documents, including 97-year-old [...]
