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| DC Dems OK Plan Giving Noncitizens Right to Vote |
| 2022-10-07 |
| [Townhall] Washington, D.C. Democrats green-lit a bill Tuesday that would give residents, regardless of immigration status, the right to vote in local elections. The measure was advanced by a vote of 12-1 and will go for a final vote before heading to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s desk. "Our immigrant neighbors of all statuses participate, contribute and care about our community in our city," D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen said Tuesday, reports The Hill. "They, like all DC residents, deserve a right to have a say in their government. "They raise families here, contribute to their community," he continued. "They run businesses that people depend on, and they pay taxes that we decide how to spend. Yet they have no ability to elect local leaders who make decisions about their bodies, their businesses and their tax dollars." The lone vote against the measure came from Councilmember Mary Cheh, who objected to the 30-day residency period. "This bill is eminently supportable, except for one aspect about it," she said. "And I asked this question of the committee as a whole: Could someone who took the bus from Texas, or was put on the bus from Texas, or wherever, and dropped off at the vice president’s property, and then remained in the District of Columbia for 30 days and was 18 years old — could that person then vote in our local elections? And the answer was yes." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 If non-citizen(s) voted in an election, that election must me ruled void and and not counted as part of any official election results. |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-10-07 20:49 |
| #5 You can help with voter registration right here. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-10-07 18:39 |
| #4 It would be good to add euthanization of retired generals to that measure as well. And a three strikes rule for pols. Lose three runs for office in a row, organ donor program, report immediately. Looking at Beetle the Micksican there. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-10-07 13:31 |
| #3 I'm okay with this as long as for EACH non-citizen vote, one Democrat elected official in the voting area is executed in return. Must start with the highest ranking ones first. If there isn't enough elected ones, then appointed ones are next. Sounds fair to me. And this must happen in EVERY election they vote in. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-10-07 13:22 |
| #2 I rather took it to mean they were tired of the charade and were simply going to admit long standing practice. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2022-10-07 06:27 |
| #1 Single party controlled anyway. They could give house pets the right to vote, nothing on the D.C. political landscape would change either. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-10-07 06:00 |