If that's the case....I hope you understand it's an honest mistake.
The video you posted was intentionally created to mislead people, so it would be an easy mistake to make.
I watched this city council meeting....or whatever it was officially called. 2 hours of it. It's almost 100% local residents telling horror stories about the Haitians.
There's going to be people living in Springfield who experience the negative effects of the city's rapid increased population firsthand, and some will be upset or even angry about it. That's to be expected.
I'm not going to pretend to know who sets the rules for that regarding a very specific group of people allowed into the nation by the federal government.
You shouldn't either.
I'm 100% certain that driving permits for Haitian immigrants, regardless of their immigration status, are issued by the states they reside in.
There's no "immigration status" check when you register to vote in Ohio....or any state.
There's simply a box declaring yourself a citizen and you're good to go. You'll notice how hard Democrats in Congress are currently fighting to keep it that way.
Yes, the citizenship question and the penalties associated lying about their immigration status are usually enough of a deterrent to prevent most people from fraudulently registering to vote. Beyond that, there are other safeguards in place.
Ohio also requires a voter present a valid ID:
Voter Identification Requirements / Types of Valid ID
There are several types of valid photo identification.
- Ohio driver's license;
- State of Ohio ID card;
- Interim ID form issued by the Ohio BMV;
- A US passport;
- A US passport card;
- US military ID card;
- Ohio National Guard ID card; or
- US Department of Veterans Affairs ID card
All photo IDs must have the following:
- An expiration date that has not passed;
- A photograph of the voter;
- The voter’s name, which must substantially conform to the voter’s name as it appears in the Poll List or in the Poll Book
Ohio has a designation on driver's licenses and state-issued IDs that will indicate if the holder is a noncitizen. In my state, there is a restriction listed for noncitizens. For example, on the back of my driver's license (top) there are no restrictions listed, but for my wife, who is not a US citizen, the restriction mentions that she only has a legal presence in the country.
It's not as easy as many believe for noncitizens to vote in the US.
