Non-Citizens Expected to Get Voting Rights in NYC

Non-Citizens Expected to Get Voting Rights in NYC



Legislation granting non-citizens the right to vote is expected to pass in New York City this year, immigration rights advocates tell the Amsterdam News.

"We’re very excited and very optimistic that this will pass," New York City Councilman Charles Barron said at a recent press briefing. "We see this as the historical launching of something that should have happened a long time ago," the outspoken Democrat added.

Dubbed the "Voting Rights Restoration Act," the measure would permit immigrants who have a green card to vote in municipal elections, including for mayor, comptroller and city council, after having lived in the city for six months.

The New York Coalition to Expand Voting Rights sees the measure being extended one day to state and even federal elections. "There is nothing in either the U.S. or the New York State Constitution that prevents us from expanding the franchise to include non-citizen residents," a spokesman for the group argued in January

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Now isn't this special! Hell why stop there! Why not let the whole damn world vote in our elections? Non-citizens voting, what the hell! Like I said before, "Stick a fork in the USA, we're done, fried, and soon to be laid aside!