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I was curious about places which allow non-citizen voting. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-019-00687-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.100

I was curious about places which allow non-citizen voting. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-019-00687-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-019-00687-8 says: > at least forty-five countries presently allow noncitizen residents to vote in their local, regional, or even national elections. It's behind a paywall, but from the references it seems it's possible for non-citizens in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Belgium to vote. (One of the citations is "Local voting rights for non-nationals: experience in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Belgium".)

mytailorisrich 5y ago
Within the EU, EEA citizens (that includes Norway) have the right to vote in local and European elections in the country they live in.
retrac 5y ago
If you have non-citizen long-term residents, perhaps many, it seems a concern if they are disenfranchised politically or civically. Zainichi. Literally "in Japan". Those who were born in Japan. Today mostly children (but increasingly grandchildren) of those who came as workers in the 80s. But some go back as far as the early 20th century. In some cases they only speak Japanese, went to Japanese schools, as did their Zainichi parents and they are partially assimilated in some communities. They marry with ethnic Japanese more as the world in general slowly sheds superstitions. But they are Korean citizens and have no rights as citizens in Japan. They and their children have been granted indefinite residency, access to social welfare and a few other things. The right to vote comes up often as a subject of debate. Japan does naturalize people who are fluent and culturally assimilated and considered promising citizens, though not a great number. Zainichi are many of those. But neither country allows dual citizenship so the other must be revoked. One must choose, as far as the historical laws and attitudes of both countries were concerned. The warming of Japan - Korea exchange (shipping if perhaps not affection) has made life easier since the countries are just... closer. Reforms in recent years to allow easier naturalization or dual residency. But it isn't fundamentally resolved. It affects Korea too in ways: should the Zainichi have the right to vote in Korean elections? Now this is perhaps a policy that can sustain if such a population isn't already resident. Otherwise you get a disenfranchised population. Usually a rather small minority, at least at first. I know to some degree it is my cultural bias and blinders but this doesn't seem like a great social dynamic to have emerge.
eythian 5y ago
I can speak to the Netherlands that this summary may not be the whole truth. As a non-EU non-citizen, I could vote for the water board after being here for one year (the water board is important but imo not interesting), the city council after five years, but never the national elections without naturalisation. And as it doesn't allow (with some exceptions) dual citizenship, that'll probably remain never. In comparison to where I came from (New Zealand), there you can vote in all elections if you have permanent residency, have lived there for more than a year, and have been in the country within the past one year. For citizens, you need to have been in the country within the past three years.

mytailorisrich 5y ago

Within the EU, EEA citizens (that includes Norway) have the right to vote in local and European elections in the country they live in.

retrac 5y ago

If you have non-citizen long-term residents, perhaps many, it seems a concern if they are disenfranchised politically or civically. Zainichi. Literally "in Japan". Those who were born in Japan. Today mostly children (but increasingly grandchildren) of those who came as workers in the 80s. But some go back as far as the early 20th century. In some cases they only speak Japanese, went to Japanese schools, as did their Zainichi parents and they are partially assimilated in some communities. They marry with ethnic Japanese more as the world in general slowly sheds superstitions. But they are Korean citizens and have no rights as citizens in Japan. They and their children have been granted indefinite residency, access to social welfare and a few other things. The right to vote comes up often as a subject of debate. Japan does naturalize people who are fluent and culturally assimilated and considered promising citizens, though not a great number. Zainichi are many of those. But neither country allows dual citizenship so the other must be revoked. One must choose, as far as the historical laws and attitudes of both countries were concerned. The warming of Japan - Korea exchange (shipping if perhaps not affection) has made life easier since the countries are just... closer. Reforms in recent years to allow easier naturalization or dual residency. But it isn't fundamentally resolved. It affects Korea too in ways: should the Zainichi have the right to vote in Korean elections? Now this is perhaps a policy that can sustain if such a population isn't already resident. Otherwise you get a disenfranchised population. Usually a rather small minority, at least at first. I know to some degree it is my cultural bias and blinders but this doesn't seem like a great social dynamic to have emerge.

eythian 5y ago

I can speak to the Netherlands that this summary may not be the whole truth. As a non-EU non-citizen, I could vote for the water board after being here for one year (the water board is important but imo not interesting), the city council after five years, but never the national elections without naturalisation. And as it doesn't allow (with some exceptions) dual citizenship, that'll probably remain never. In comparison to where I came from (New Zealand), there you can vote in all elections if you have permanent residency, have lived there for more than a year, and have been in the country within the past one year. For citizens, you need to have been in the country within the past three years.