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Obviously, otherwise all the non-citizens (e.g. green card holders) who pay taxes in the US would have to be allowed to vote too.
by klipt 8y ago
Obviously, otherwise all the non-citizens (e.g. green card holders) who pay taxes in the US would have to be allowed to vote too.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoNot to mention the District of Columbia (which quite literally has "taxation without representation" on their license plate).
- eesmith 8y agoAnd those disenfranchised due to criminal conviction.
- gamblor956 8y agoCitizens in DC are allowed to vote in federal elections. However, per the Constitution itself, as a non-state DC is not entitled to a Congressperson or Senator unless the Constitution is amended. (It took a federal amendment for DC residents to get the right to vote in presidential elections, which in the US actually means the right to vote for representatives of the electoral college that actually elect the president. The amendment just gave DC electors.)