Detouring the motor-voter law: fear of franchise. (Republican Governor Pete Wilson of California will not implement the National Voter Registration Act of 1993)
Nation, The, October, 1994 by Dreier, Peter
In August, California Governor Pete Wilson announced he would defy the federal government and refuse to implement the National Voter Registration Act--the socalled motor-voter law. And in September he vetoed a bill, passed by the state legislature, that would have set up a computerized system to carry out the federal law. But Wilson's explanation--that states should not have to pay for mandates issued from Washington--is a political smokescreen. So is his claim that the new law will increase voter fraud, encouraging ineligible people (including undocumented immigrants) to vote.
The immediate goal of Wilson's demagogy was to inflame fiscal and anti-immigrant fears to help his re-election bid against State Treasurer Kathleen Brown. But looking beyond November,...
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