“They are our neighbors and our friends and they want to see our city flourish, yet they have no say in how the city’s government is run,” said a DC councilwoman
District of Columbia council members voiced their support Wednesday for a new law that would allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.
“These are residents who are well on their paths to citizenship,” Councilman David Grosso said. “Unfortunately not all of our residents have a say in the politicians who are elected to represent them.”
The bill would allow permanent residents in the city who are not American citizens to vote in elections for mayor, city council, the attorney general and State Board of Education members, among other things.
“They are our neighbors and our friends and they want to see our city flourish, yet they have no say in how the city’s government is run,” said Councilwoman Elissa Silverman.
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you'd think that cesspool has enough democrats.
ReplyDeleteain't like a republican could ever darken the doorway of that place.
why are they so worried?
"...yet they have no say in how the city’s government is run..."
ReplyDeleteThey have the same voice that everyone has, just not a vote in government elections, as is, for good reason, the law.
This woman is looking for a larger voter base. Pretty transparent.
Absolutely not! That right is their incentive to complete their citizenship training/ testing. It is an earned right, not a gimmee.
ReplyDelete22 million illegals here that we know of...We are going to have to take other actions against this lawless Government...
ReplyDeletethe city which loved its Mayor Marion Barry!
ReplyDeletePlease America will someone take D.C. away from those, stupid African Americans. Think Marion Barry, Elijah Cummings and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
ReplyDeleteGreat the right to vote for a Satellite non voting Senator who is a clueless mouthpiece for Barack Obama and the legions of corrupt neighborhood organizers who have a license to steal from every Capital project the Capitol City Government advances as an improvement... including School budgets and Construction.
ReplyDeleteThat land used to belong to Maryland. We should take it back and kick out the criminals.
ReplyDeleteif you are an illegal,no matter what country of origin ,you should have no right to vote until you are a u.s. citizen if you don't like the way the constitution was written,hit the road,jack
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