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There are people pushing for non-citizens to vote in non-federal elections. One example is New York City where they literally passed a law to allow it. It was s
by ImJamal 1y ago
There are people pushing for non-citizens to vote in non-federal elections. One example is New York City where they literally passed a law to allow it. It was struck down because it violated New York's constitution though...
- triceratops 1y agoIt's not exactly unprecedented and also orthogonal to voter id laws. Scotland, for example, allows foreigners to vote in local elections [1] and makes photo id mandatory [2]. 1. https://www.mygov.scot/voting-in-elections-in-scotland https://www.mygov.scot/voting-in-elections-in-scotland 2. https://www.mygov.scot/voting-in-elections-in-scotland/how-to-vote https://www.mygov.scot/voting-in-elections-in-scotland/how-t...
- ImJamal 1y agoI'm not suggesting otherwise. I'm saying the person I was responding to was wrong. He said it is fox news propaganda to suggest people want non-citizens to vote illegally. People in NYC did just that.
- tastyface 1y agoIt sounds like some people in NYC wanted non-citizens to vote *legally* on local issues, and were prevented from doing so in any case. How is that in any way the same thing?