Register to Vote原版英文小故事內容：

Because of alleged1 widespread voting fraud, Arizona has become the first state in the union to require that voters show proof of US citizenship2. To register—or reregister—to vote, Arizona residents must now show a birth certificate or passport. Reregistration is required whenever a resident changes addresses. This requirement will cause problems for citizens who have lost their birth certificate or who don’t have a passport.

“These problems will be settled in time,” said Barney Fife, an election official. “Our priority is to prevent noncitizens from voting. Over 3,000 immigrants voted—illegally—in the last governor’s election. Voting is a vital right that belongs to citizens exclusively, not to every Tom, Dick, and Harry3 that has just immigrated4 to this country.”

Critics of the new law say that it will disenfranchise thousands of legitimate5 voters. Mrs. Thelma May agrees. She just moved to Tucson from Phoenix6. She has to reregister now in order to vote, but has no birth certificate or passport.

“I've been voting all my life,” she says. “I voted for JFK in ’60. But I'm on my third marriage—I do hope it’s my last—which means that my last name has changed three times. The Biloxi hospital I was born in was destroyed by hurricane Camille in 1969. All its records—including my birth certificate—ended up in the Gulf7. My only copy of my birth certificate was lost when my drunken first husband fell asleep on the sofa smoking a cigarette. The entire house burnt down. I’ve lived in Arizona for the past 25 years. I’ve never even set foot outside America, and now I've got to prove that I'm a citizen of the United States? Damn bureaucrats8!”

1 alleged a.被指控的，嫌疑的

參考例句：

It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指稱在任時收受賄賂。

alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指稱競選運動中的不正當行為

2 citizenship n.市民權，公民權，國民的義務(身份)

參考例句：

He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但沒有瑞典公民身分。

Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她選擇了澳大利亞國籍。

3 harry vt.掠奪，蹂躪，使苦惱

參考例句：

Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人們感到更加忙碌和苦惱。

Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奧巴馬用醫改掠奪了商界。

4 immigrated v.移入( immigrate的過去式和過去分詞 );移民

參考例句：

He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年從阿爾斯特移民到這里。 來自辭典例句

Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 許多巴基斯坦人移居到了英國。 來自辭典例句

5 legitimate adj.合法的，合理的，合乎邏輯的;v.使合法

參考例句：

Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是請假的一個正當的理由。

That's a perfectly legitimate fear.懷有這種恐懼完全在情理之中。