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Old 10-26-2014, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by sunnyatlast View Post
So then if the 5,645 foreign students at (for example) UC Berkeley, along with all the other foreign students in U.S. colleges and universities are allowed to vote having no allegiance or permanency here, that this is right? And Californians or other states ought to go for that??

I don't think so.

Back in the '60's the Town of Amherst, MA considered shortening the length of time it would take to become a legal resident...until one of town fathers figured out the change would allow the 30 thousand students attending UMass-Amherst to vote. We were already planning how to take over the town when the Town changed its mind.
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