Another Modest Proposal

by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024

(Jan. 22, 2024) — Your humble servant has on several prior occasions made some hypothetical “modest proposals” here at The P&E…, none of which has thus far come to fruition.  That aside, here is another one, but not – ** sigh of relief ** – on the nbC “presidential eligibility” issue.

One of the major problems with the Brandon-Mayorkas uncontrolled tsunami of illegal aliens crossing the southern border – corresponding to one of the major goals of the Democrat “never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste” cabal – is the growing danger that these people will somehow become eligible to vote in the 2024 general election.  The problem, of course, is that these “people” don’t even need to appear at a polling place.  All that needs to happen is that their name shows up on a registered voter roll and that a ballot “linked” to that name is presented for counting.  

Specifically, with many states providing, pursuant to so-called “motor-voter” laws for the simultaneous automatic voter registration of people seeking a driver’s license, even illegal aliens are being registered “presumptively” as lawful resident U.S. voters eligible to vote in presidential elections. 

Not so fast.

Memo to the file: under 18 U.S.C. § 611(a), it is illegal for aliens (i.e., non-U.S. citizens) to vote for the federal offices of president, vice-president, U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives if the balloting process does not separately provide for voting purposes other than those federal offices.  A violation of the statute carries a fine – undefined in the statute, but since the violation is a misdemeanor, likely not more than $1,000 – and/or imprisonment of up to one year.

Stated otherwise, unless the ballot process – whether conducted in person or under secure “drop box” or “mail-in” voting protocols – provides for a separate and independent balloting method which separates votes for the federal offices from votes for any such “other” purposes, any vote by an alien for one or more of the federal offices identified in the statute is illegal.   This has been the federal law since 1996 under 18 U.S.C. § 611 (a), which was signed into law by Monica Extreme Mentor Bill (“It-depends-on-what-the-meaning-of-the-word-‘is’-is”) Clinton.

Paragraph (c) of the statute provides for a three-part exception to paragraph (a), all three of which conditions must be met to qualify for the exception.  Paragraph (c) provides: “(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to an alien if- (1) each natural parent of the alien (or, in the case of an adopted alien, each adoptive parent of the alien) is or was a citizen (whether by birth or naturalization); (2) the alien permanently resided in the United States prior to attaining the age of 16; and (3) the alien reasonably believed at the time of voting in violation of such subsection that he or she was a citizen of the United States.”  The wording of “reasonably believed” is about as vague a phrase as one might concoct in a statute.  Just sayin’.

Brandon’s intentional destruction of the southern border began the instant he took office, 11:48 AM, Jan. 20, 2021.  So, as a modest proposal, how about a law providing that every ballot submitted, in person or via mail or ballot drop box, by a voter who secured a new driver’s license or voter registration occurring from and after noon on 1/20/21 would need to be reviewed for compliance with 18 U.S.C. § 611? 

The law should be a federal statute, but given the fact that the U.S. Senate is controlled by Democrats and the reality that Brandon is controlled by some Oz-like wizard marionette-master behind a black curtain somewhere, a state law based on the federal law – without the “reasonably believed” mirage – would likely suffice. If compliance were not confirmed, including verification that the exception of paragraph (c) was inapplicable, the ballot would be excluded from the final tally of lawful votes. 

Plainly, blue-state Democrat governors would veto any such legislation, even if passed by their legislatures, as it would undermine the targeted result: more votes, without citizenship verification, for Democrats.  But red-state governors could make the difference at the end of the day, especially with regard to the impact on the results of the Electoral College count as to the presidency.  

While this proposal might entail taking some additional time to tally the votes, the accessing of state voter registration databases by state election officials’ computers should dramatically facilitate the effort.  Moreover, it would go a long way toward eliminating the counting of illegal votes for federal offices by persons prohibited from voting for same in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 611, the feckless efforts of Merrick (“What double standard?”) Garland and his Department of “Just Us” to enforce the law aside. 

Indeed, the proposed state laws might even be expanded to cover people who registered to vote (or were automatically registered without their knowledge or understanding) prior to Brandon’s inauguration, since many illegal aliens entered the country under Presidents Obama and Trump.  But unlike Obama and Brandon, at least President Trump tried to stop it.

Remember, quite apart from the high-tide of illegal aliens across the southern border, there is likely an upcoming tsunami of ballots from unmonitored drop boxes, supplemented by a midnight flood of unfolded “mail-in” ballots “discovered” when a disfavored GOP candidate seemed to be far ahead at the preceding 10:00 PM hour.  If a ballot can be “matched up” to the name of a registered voter and no further verification is either required or performed, it is a Michelin^® 5-Star restaurant recipe for a fraudulent outcome.  The Republic cannot endure another 2020 debacle, comically-described and misrepresented as the “most secure in history.”

And, as Soviet Union dictator Joseph Stalin is often credited with saying: “Those who cast the votes decide nothing; those who count the votes decide everything.”