a:1:{s:15:"field_news_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:4317:"<span style="font-size: larger;">REMEMBER TO VOTE ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER&nbsp; 6!<br />
OUR FUTURE MAY DEPEND ON YOUR VOTE!<br />
MICHIGAN COULD DETERMINE THE ELECTION!<br />
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YOU CAN NOW COMMENT ON STORIES AND POLLS<br />
LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Who do you think will win Michigan in the Presidential Election on November 6?<br />
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Obama<br />
Romney<br />
Undecided<br />
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http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/who-do-you-think-will-win-michigan-presidential-election-november-6<br />
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(To enter your comments click on &quot;Add new comment</span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;"> after you vote.)<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Do you think there should be a U.S. Citizen check box voters should have to check on ballots to confirm their citizenship?<br />
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Yes . . . . . . . . 84%<br />
No . . . . . . . . .14%<br />
Undecided . . . . 2% <br />
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THREE COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />
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COMMENT #1<br />
Citizenship check off box<br />
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Should be a no brainer!! If you are not a citizen, you are not qualified to vote in ANY American election. What in the world, would be wrong with knowing before you vote, that you qualify.<br />
Ida S.<br />
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COMMENT #2<br />
citizenship check box<br />
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in no way can this confirm that a person is a US citizen simply by checking a box, please!<br />
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COMMENT #3<br />
No box for citizenship<br />
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I do not believe the State should require a box for citizenship at the election polls for four reasons. First, a voter is required to declare whether he is a citizen at the time he registers to vote. Requiring a person to declare whether he or she is a citizen at the ballot box is superfluous, a waste of resources, and may confuse voters. Second, it is intellectually dishonest for Republicans (and I am a life-long Republican) to bristle at any attempt to interfere with or limit our Constitutional right to bear arms but support limitations or interferences with any citizens' right to vote. A voter has proved his or her citizenship prior to the election; the State should not interfere or ask again. Third, it is a waste of government resources to pursue a measure that purports to lessen voter fraud. The Secretary of State's own investigation found almost no voter fraud in Michigan with respect to fraudulent identification (2 cases). Moreover, there is no statical or verifiable evidence that asking an individual if they are a citizen at the ballot box reduces the almost non-existent cases of voter identity fraud. Additionally, the real voter fraud is that committed by the likes of Rep. Thad McCotter and his cronies who falsified nomination petitions. We, as defenders of the Constitution, should have outrage at McCotter (one of our own) trying to game the system. Finally, Republicans should take the moral high ground and defend every citizens' right to vote free of government interference and castigate those that would interfere, abuse, or game this sacred right. <br />
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