California still won’t open voter rolls to auditors - What say you, Edslow?

Originally posted by: Edso

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So we can stop hearing David Miller whine about this issue,  just copy the link and paste in the Google Address Bar. 

 

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S4-C1-2/ALDE_00013577/

 

It explains  the states' responsibility for voter registration, including voter protection.  If the Fed knew how people voted, they COULD terget them.  It is all mentioned in the first paragraph in the linked from the Constitution Annotated site.  See the bolded section below.

 

Article I, Section 4, Clause 1:

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

By its terms, Article I, Section 4, Clause 1, referred to as the Elections Clause, contemplates that state legislatures will establish the times, places, and manner of holding elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate, subject to Congress making or altering such state regulations (except as to the place of choosing Senators).¹ The Supreme Court has interpreted the Elections Clause expansively, enabling states to provide a complete code for congressional elections, not only as to times and places, but in relation to notices, registration, supervision of voting, protection of voters, prevention of fraud and corrupt practices, counting of votes, duties of inspectors and canvassers, and making and publication of election returns.² The Court has further recognized the states’ ability to establish sanctions for violating election laws³ as well as authority over recounts⁴ and primaries.⁵ The Elections Clause, however, does not govern voter qualifications, which under Article I, Section 2, Clause 1, and the Seventeenth Amendment must be the same as the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislatures.⁶ Similarly, the authority of states to establish the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives does not include authority to impose additional qualification requirements to be a Member of the House of Representatives or a Senator, which are governed by the Constitution’s Qualification Clauses at Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 for Members of the House and at Article I, Section 3, Clause 3 for the Senate.⁷

 

^{If this doesn't get through to him, nothing will, and everyone should just abandon this thread.} 

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Originally posted by: David Miller

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 No where does it say that the Government can not request and get votor rolls to audit. Did THAT go thru to you, Edslow? 

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Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW

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Actually it does.

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