kingfisher241049

More than a million people who want to vote in November's general election probably won't get the chance because of a delay in processing applications to become U.S. citizens, according to the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The dream of voting in the upcoming presidential election -- along with a scheduled increase in fees -- motivated 1.4 million people across the country to apply after June 1 last year to become naturalized U.S. citizens -- double the previous year's number, the bureau said.
The huge jump in applications also increased the time normally needed to process them from about seven months to as many as 18 months.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/...ote/index.html

Bob

Good timing for the government that

tony126

I have been told that to be able to vote in SC I would have to have become a US Citzen 45 days prior to the election which cuts it down even more. I have accepted/ resigned myself to the fact that I will not be voting.

Aycee

It's good to see the media mentioning the situation regularly - it can't hurt!

I've just discovered that in Oklahoma registraton to vote has to be at least 25 days before the election, which is better than I expected.

I'm still not counting any chickens though.


N400 to TSC 26 July 2007
NOA 26 Nov 07
FP (1) 17 Dec 07 (Oklahoma City)
FP re-take 22 January 2008

ian-mstm

For anyone following the news, this is a bit old. The original story broke about a week and a half ago. I'm surprised that CNN is only now getting around to it. Still, it's informative.

Ian