/slight side-note: I have to admit, I'd be almost willing to allow the illegals to vote...IF they passed a comprehensive citizenship test. At least then they'd know more about the way the US works than many present residents.

Quite frankly, I think even legal citizens should have to pass one on a regular basis (say, every 5 years) in order to vote. If you don't know that there are three branches of government, and that they are the legislative, the executive, and the judicial, then you shouldn't be voting.