Licenses and citizenship

Published 5:00 am Monday, October 29, 2012

It has come to my attention that to register to vote all you need is a driver’s license number. The Oregon registration form asks if you are a U.S. citizen, however, you do not need to show proof. Since our governor has stated that he would like illegal aliens to receive Oregon driver’s licenses, does that mean that people who are not citizens of our country could be voting in our elections? All they would have to do is say yes to the citizenship question. In addition, having just served jury duty, I learned that they get the names for jury duty from Oregon driver’s licenses. So if all you need to register to vote is an Oregon license, does that apply for jury duty as well? What? Does this bother anyone besides me? We need a better system for this, proof of citizenship perhaps?

Jan Griffin-Kundert

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