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CW4 Guy Butler
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(Sigh) Didn't read the article.

To summarize, while illegal aliens can't vote in elections, they do count in census totals. This affects representation in the House, and therefore the Electorial College. The "meat" of the article:

"The distribution of these 435 seats is not static: they are reapportioned every ten years to reflect the population changes found in the census. That reallocation math is based on the relative “whole number of persons in each state,” as the formulation in the 14th Amendment has it. When this language was inserted into the U.S. Constitution, the concept of an “illegal immigrant,” as the term is defined today, had no meaning. Thus the census counts illegal immigrants and other noncitizens equally with citizens. Since the census is used to determine the number of House seats apportioned to each state, those states with large populations of illegal immigrants and other noncitizens gain extra seats in the House at the expense of states with fewer such “whole number of persons.”
This math gives strongly Democratic states an unfair edge in the Electoral College. Using citizen-only population statistics, American University scholar Leonard Steinhorn projects California would lose five House seats and therefore five electoral votes. New York and Washington would lose one seat, and thus one electoral vote apiece. These three states, which have voted overwhelming for Democrats over the latest six presidential elections, would lose seven electoral votes altogether. The GOP’s path to victory, by contrast, depends on states that would lose a mere three electoral votes in total. Republican stronghold Texas would lose two House seats and therefore two electoral votes. Florida, which Republicans must win to reclaim the presidency, loses one seat and thus one electoral vote.
But that leaves the electoral math only half done. The 10 House seats taken away from these states would then need to be reallocated to states with relatively small numbers of noncitizens. The following ten states, the bulk of which lean Republican, would likely gain one House seat and thus one additional electoral vote: Iowa, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/illegal-immigrants-could-elect-hillary-clinton-213216#ixzz3nWnxDp8A
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SCPO Carl Wayne Boss
SCPO Carl Wayne Boss
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CW4 Butler; Depends on the state you're in... Illegals can vote in some states by virtue of the fact they've been allowed to get Drivers Licenses, which in some locals is all you need for identification in order to vote... that's why Drivers Licenses are/were such a hot issue!
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1SG Vet Technician
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This thread title is misleading. Illegal aliens are not going to be voting in the next election. Read the article
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SSgt Alex Robinson
SSgt Alex Robinson
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There is a real chance it will happen.
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LTC Kevin B.
LTC Kevin B.
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1SG (Join to see), glad to see that someone at least read that article.
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1stSgt Ccf
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They cant do that as they are not citizens but Im sure some running for office would love it.
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TSgt Kenneth Ellis
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No what does bother me we have a president and his administration who don't care.
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