ROTFLMAO!!!

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47. Ha! Can you imagine if they implemented their little dream?

They are obsessed with proofs; obsessed with "bloodline" and biological heritage. God forbid you change a last name.

Just imagine how far they could limit the franchise if they decided you had to produce birth certificates proving your status as a third-generation 'Merican?

Person X's birth certificate with both father and mother named.

Matching birth certificate for X's father, with their father (X's paternal grandfather) and mother (X's paternal grandmother) named.

Matching birth certificate for X's mother, with their father (X's maternal grandfather) and mother (X's maternal grandmother) named.

Matching birth certificates for each of the following to prove they were born here:
X's named paternal grandfather
X's named paternal grandmother
X's named maternal grandfather
X's named maternal grandmother

Of the 56% of American's who self-identify as third-generation U.S. Citizens I would guess that at most -- and this is probably a stretch -- 20% (or about 11% of adult citizens) could produce proofs that would satisfy Ms. Coulter and her ilk.

It's my understanding that the federal government and Native American tribes have extensive and accurate record-keeping, so, presumably they'd have no trouble providing proofs (unless the "this is a White Christian homeland" wingnuts somehow disallowed).

Of course, as usual, African Americans would be disproportionately disenfranchised by Jim Crow segregation and discriminatory hospital policies that left many with no "official" certificate for home births.