Georgia’s Citizenship Question
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This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site explores a question of citizenship in the southern state of Georgia.
The Democratic candidate for Georgia House District 29 is a 28-year-old PTA president named Maria Palacios. Palacios was born in Mexico but has lived in Georgia since she was a little girl. The problem? She didn’t become a legal United States citizen until June of last year. According to the Georgia state constitution, one must have been a citizen of the state for two years before he or she is eligible to run. Therefore, according to the Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp, Palacios is ineligible to run.
To learn more about this story, click here to visit the Election Central Web site and read the full posting.
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