{"id":2197768,"date":"2024-03-12T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T21:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/connecticut-governor-wants-to-give-noncitizens-ids-that-look-exactly-like-those-used-to-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T21:22:00","slug":"connecticut-governor-wants-to-give-noncitizens-ids-that-look-exactly-like-those-used-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/connecticut-governor-wants-to-give-noncitizens-ids-that-look-exactly-like-those-used-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"CT Governor Proposes IDs for Noncitizens Resembling Voting Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconnecticut-governor-wants-to-give-noncitizens-ids-that-look-exactly-like-those-used-to-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2197768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Connecticut\u2019s Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is pushing for a controversial \u200cchange to driver&#8217;s licenses. He wants licenses \u2063given to\u200c illegal aliens to look exactly like those given to legal residents. This comes after a\u200b recent election do-over in the state due to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-wont-tolerate-voter-fraud-ohio-secretary-of-state-discusses-role-of-new-election-integrity-office\/\" title=\"\u2018We Won\u2019t Tolerate Voter Fraud\u2019: Ohio Secretary of State Discusses Role of New Election Integrity Office\">suspected voter fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The current Connecticut Department\u2063 of Motor Vehicles policy is to label licenses as &#8220;Drive\u2062 Only&#8221; IDs, which cannot be used for voting. These\u200b licenses have a &#8220;DO&#8221; stamp on the front and clear information\u200d on the back stating their\u2063 ineligibility for voting purposes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-29002799\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-67cb87f54fb07df4336d5fbceae241a7 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-67cb87f54fb07df4336d5fbceae241a7\"><\/div>\n<p>However, Gov. Lamont wants to remove these \u200didentifiers because he disagrees with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who recently signed a law that does not\u2063 recognize licenses given to illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Lamont&#8217;s spokeswoman, Julia Bergman, stated, &#8220;Connecticut prides itself on being a welcoming state. The visual differences in the licenses unintentionally make Connecticut residents with varying immigration statuses\u200d vulnerable in hostile states.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Florida passed\u200b legislation refusing to recognize licenses from Connecticut and four\u2063 other states that allow illegal\u200c immigrants to obtain government-issued IDs.<\/p>\n<p>Republican\u200c Gov. Ron DeSantis argued, &#8220;Someone who is in\u2064 our country illegally and has violated our \u2062laws \u2062should not possess a government-issued ID which allows them access to state-funded services and other privileges afforded to lawful residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e94d14c414c12eec8bcce3b553d25d7a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e94d14c414c12eec8bcce3b553d25d7a\"><\/div>\n<p>Concerns have been raised that Lamont&#8217;s proposed \u200cchanges could lead to voting\u200d fraud. Cara \u2063Gately, the Republican Registrar\u200b of Voters for\u2062 the town of Darien, expressed worries about\u200d the difficulty of determining voter eligibility, especially \u2062with same<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-state-lawmakers-to-introduce-new-bills-to-limit-vote-by-mail-require-photo-id-to-vote-clean-dirty-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Republican State Lawmakers to Introduce New Bills to Limit Vote-by-Mail, Require Photo ID to Vote, Clean Dirty Voter Rolls\">-day voter registration<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Gately warned,\u2063 &#8220;If such language is removed, election officials \u200dand \u200cpoll workers may\u200d unknowingly and \u200derroneously accept applications from ineligible individuals, allowing them \u200cto vote in contradiction of state and federal \u200dlaw.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republican State \u2064Rep. Tom O&#8217;Dea shared\u2064 similar concerns, questioning the removal of the &#8220;DO&#8221; stamp and the voting Disclaimer on the back of the licenses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b4f9fcb89b05acece2ab16ef4c8c900d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b4f9fcb89b05acece2ab16ef4c8c900d\"><\/div>\n<p>O&#8217;Dea stated, &#8220;I think\u200c this is a bad idea, particularly coming on the heels of what went on in Bridgeport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In January, Bridgeport\u2062 Democratic Mayor Joe Ganim won his \u200dprimary race\u2062 after a judge overturned the original results due to evidence\u2063 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-overturns-bridgeport-mayoral-election-due-to-evidence-of-mail-ballot-fraud\/\" title=\"Bridgeport mayoral election overturned due to mail ballot fraud evidence.\">mail ballot fraud<\/a>. Ganim was losing on election night but gained votes \u2062after a flood of absentee \u2063ballots arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Superior Court Judge William Clark \u200bruled that\u2064 the mishandling of ballots cast serious doubt on \u2064the primary election&#8217;s outcome. The\u200d judge also noted\u2062 a high\u2064 percentage\u200c of\u200b absentee ballots in\u200c districts connected to the two Democratic officials involved in the mishandling.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"7DE6RAmfCaw8ugXOiBr1GcLxvhJpzN4I3le\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the OUTRAGEOUS video of the Democrat\u2063 Clerk stuffing illegal ballots\u2062 into the\u200d City drop box and visiting\u200d it multiple times in one day<\/p>\n<p>This video\u2063 was leaked by a whistleblower inside\u200d the City and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gatewaypundit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gatewaypundit<\/a> helped share \u200cit with the \u200dworld \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XRUl52PtYZ\">pic.twitter.com\/XRUl52PtYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1719858537155678717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Although the\u200c general election proceeded, a second primary was held in January to determine if a \u2062subsequent \u200dgeneral election was necessary.\u2062 Ganim, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lizas-last-run-retracing-the-tragic-final-hour-of-the-heiress-whose-murder-rocked-memphis\/\" title=\"Liza\u2019s Last Run: Retracing The Tragic Final Hour Of The Heiress Whose Murder Rocked Memphis\">previously served time<\/a> in prison, was reelected as mayor after his release.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e0cbfbdbe7a69798bb7752555c04924e fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e0cbfbdbe7a69798bb7752555c04924e\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How do critics argue that\u200c granting licenses to illegal immigrants could contribute to voter fraud and identity \u2064theft?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  From a\u200d state that just\u200c had to redo an election because \u200cof suspected voter fraud. The &#8220;DO&#8221; stamp and the\u2063 ineligibility\u2063 statement on the licenses are necessary safeguards \u200dto ensure that only eligible voters\u2063 participate in the democratic process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, \u200bcritics \u200bargue that Lamont&#8217;s proposal undermines the rule of law. By removing the identifiers on\u200d the licenses, \u2062it sends a message that\u2062\u200c \u2063illegal immigration is not taken \u2062seriously and that\u200d there are no\u200c consequences \u200cfor breaking the law.<\/p>\n<p>Republican State Senator\u200b Kevin Kelly expressed his opposition to the proposed change, stating, &#8220;As elected \u200cofficials, we \u2063have a \u2062duty to uphold the laws and protect the rights of\u200d \u2064all\u200c citizens. Granting\u200c government-issued IDs \u200cto illegal immigrants sends the wrong message and undermines the integrity of our immigration system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut is not the only state facing controversy over driver&#8217;s licenses for illegal immigrants. \u200bCurrently, 13 states, including \u2063New York \u200band California, \u200dallow illegal immigrants to obtain \u2062driver&#8217;s licenses. This has ignited a\u200c heated \u2063debate between those who argue for\u200d inclusivity and \u2062those who\u200b believe that the law should be upheld.<\/p>\n<p>However, the issue goes beyond mere symbolism. Critics argue\u2062 that granting licenses\u200c to illegal immigrants opens \u2064the door to\u2064 a range of potential problems, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trumps-team-to-announce-the-creation-of-two-pro-trump-think-tanks-today\/\" title=\"President Trump\u2019s Team to Announce the Creation of Two Pro-Trump Think Tanks Today\">including voter fraud<\/a>,\u2064 identity \u2062theft, and increased strain on government resources.<\/p>\n<p>While Gov. Lamont \u200bmay argue that \u2062removing the\u200d identifiers \u2063promotes inclusivity and protects vulnerable residents, the potential risks and negative consequences must be carefully considered. Striking a balance\u200c between \u2063welcoming immigrants and safeguarding the\u200b integrity of \u200bour laws \u2064and democratic process is crucial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bibliography\" id=\"references\">\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Gov. Lamont wants to remove \u2062&#8217;Drive Only&#8217; IDs \u2062for \u200bundocumented immigrants,&#8221; Fox \u200dNews, 3 Sep. 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gov-lamont-wants-to-remove-drive-only-ids-for-undocumented-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gov-lamont-wants-to-remove-drive-only-ids-for-undocumented-immigrants<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Florida: Law voids driver&#8217;s licenses for immigrants in the country illegally,&#8221; The Center Square, 9 June 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/florida\/florida-law-voids-driver-s-licenses-for-immigrants-in-the-country-illegally\/article_4a940ee6-a9a1-11ea-9e36-7fce2626be3c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/florida\/florida-law-voids-driver-s-licenses-for-immigrants-in-the-country-illegally\/article_4a940ee6-a9a1-11ea-9e36-7fce2626be3c.html<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Connecticut allows immigrants without\u2063 legal status to apply for\u200d driver&#8217;s licenses,&#8221; New Haven Register, 4 July 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/news\/article\/Connecticut-allows-immigrants-without-legal-14075016.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/news\/article\/Connecticut-allows-immigrants-without-legal-14075016.php<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;New York to issue driver&#8217;s licenses to\u200b undocumented immigrants,&#8221; The \u2062Guardian, 18 June\u200b 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/jun\/17\/undocumented-immigrants-new-york-drivers-licenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/jun\/17\/undocumented-immigrants-new-york-drivers-licenses<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut&#8217;s Gov. Ned Lamont aims to revamp driver&#8217;s licenses, making them indistinguishable for illegal immigrants and legal residents. This move comes after a city in the state had to redo an election due to suspected voter fraud. 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