[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9629-H9630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SHOULD NONCITIZENS BE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, the real question in the debate surrounding 
the contested election in California's 46th District is do we want 
noncitizens voting in elections? It is not about Bob Dornan and Loretta 
Sanchez. It is about whether or not we want to see our election process 
compromised. Someone would have us believe that this current 
investigation is unique. Would it surprise my colleagues to know that 
since the Civil War the House of Representatives has been involved in 
over 100 such investigations?
  Another thing critics of this investigation will not tell us is that 
the supporters of Ms. Sanchez acknowledge that 303 noncitizens, 
illegally registered to vote by Hermandad, voted in the 46th 
Congressional District. There is strong evidence to support the fact 
that far more than 303 votes were fraudulently cast in this race.

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  Do we really want to devalue the votes cast by legally registered 
American citizens? I think not. Our opponents on the other side of the 
aisle should welcome this investigation if they truly believe that 
their candidate won fair and square. The truth must be allowed to come 
out.

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