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Originally Posted by TexaninVA
It absolutely bothers me ... and also makes me wonder WTF is going on with this Country.
If a non-citizen votes (and/or an illegal), as far as I know, that is against the law in all but perhaps the most wacko communities (San Francisco, Seattle or whatever).
Thus, if they break the law by voting, then indict, prosecute and deport.
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Posted by Blueash
Can you please provide a link for your assertion that San Francisco, Seattle or other "wacko communities" are allowing non-citizens to vote? Or do you just provide invective without data.
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Originally Posted by njbchbum
An internet search reveals that there are a number of states/localities that have given voting rights to non-citizens who are residents of the community to vote in local and school elections.
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And I still await your posting of the evidence for your allegation. Simply suggesting that I do a Google search does not mean you did one, or perhaps you didn't like the result of your search. So for everyone, neither Seattle, nor San Francisco nor any other "wacko community" as was claimed allows non-citizen voting. There are a few small towns in a single county in Maryland that allow non-citizen voting in local matters only. There are no states which allow non-citizen voting in state elections. Maryland allows localities to self-determine for certain situations of interest to that locality only.
You can read the history of the long period in the US when immigrants (of course only male white ones) had voting rights. 1928 was the first election in which nowhere in the US could a non-citizen legally vote.
Right of foreigners to vote in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I am not here to defend or attack the idea of returning to allowing non-citizen voting. I just care about accuracy and honesty and am watching for disingenuous and unsupported claims.