{"id":787810,"date":"2021-09-18T12:15:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T16:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=787810"},"modified":"2021-09-18T12:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T16:15:16","slug":"ga-secy-of-state-signs-petition-to-amend-state-constitution-to-ensure-only-citizens-can-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-secy-of-state-signs-petition-to-amend-state-constitution-to-ensure-only-citizens-can-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Ga. secy. of state signs petition to amend state constitution to ensure only citizens can vote"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fga-secy-of-state-signs-petition-to-amend-state-constitution-to-ensure-only-citizens-can-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=787810&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--><h5><\/h5>\n<div id=\"attachment_2523689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2523689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Nov. 30, 2020 file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference in Atlanta. (AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:13 AM PT \u2013 Saturday, September 18, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Georgia\u2019s secretary of state is pushing for an amendment to the state\u2019s constitution, granting only U.S. citizens the right to vote. On Thursday, Brad Raffensperger signed his name on a petition launched by grassroots organization \u201cAmericans for Citizen Voting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the organization led the charge in helping pass amendments in Florida, Alabama and Colorado to ensure illegal immigrants couldn\u2019t vote in their elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were successful with this initiative in 2020 in Florida, Alabama and Colorado. The people there amended their constitutions to say that only United States citizens should vote and so we want that opportunity here in Georgia,\u201d said Americans for Citizen Voting President Christopher Arps.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201c\u2018This measure has the overwhelming bipartisan support of the American people\u2026 everyone should agree that only American citizens should vote.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georgia citizens should sign the petition at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IAI6ji0j1H\">https:\/\/t.co\/IAI6ji0j1H<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5OkEQRPHlT\">https:\/\/t.co\/5OkEQRPHlT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (@GaSecofState) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaSecofState\/status\/1439245829265559562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, opponents of the change have argued non-citizens don\u2019t have the right to vote in Georgia already. However, Raffensperger has argued the language needs to be more clear and direct.<\/p>\n<p>For the amendment to be passed a two-thirds majority in both the State House and Senate would need to vote in its favor.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/n-y-gov-hochul-orders-release-of-191-inmates\/\">N.Y. Gov. Hochul Orders Release Of 191 Inmates<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Nov. 30, 2020 file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference in Atlanta. 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