Posted on 10/07/2022 7:39:05 PM PDT by Beowulf9
On Tuesday, the Council of the District of Columbia approved a bill allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections.
The proposed change is set to be voted on a second time in November before being presented to Mayor Muriel Bowser, who will then either veto, or sign it into law
(Excerpt) Read more at thepostmillennial.com ...
“They raise families here, contribute to their community,” Allen continued. “They run businesses that people depend on, and they pay taxes that we decide how to spend, yet they have no ability to elect local leaders who make decisions about their bodies, their businesses and their tax dollars.”
Every other councilmember agreed with Allen’s sentiments, save for Mary Cheh, who cast the sole vote against the bill.
In her statements, Cheh called the bill “eminently supportable,” but highlighted one potentially troubling aspect, the fact that the time needed to achieve “residency” in DC was only thirty days.
“Someone who took the bus from Texas, or was put on the bus from Texas, or wherever, and dropped off at the vice president’s property, and then remained in the District of Columbia for 30 days and was 18 years old — could that person then vote in our local elections?” she asked her fellow councilmembers, who said yes, they could.
“My concern has nothing to do with citizenship," she added. "My concern is also not with strangers per se, who have lived in this country, have some connection on a cultural level, some connection of experience in our community. I find it unacceptable to say that somebody who has had no connection at all with the United States, with its culture, its democracy, can be dropped off here reside for 30 days, and vote in a local election. What is wrong with asking they stay a little bit longer?”
Over the past few weeks, busloads of illegal migrants have been sent to the nation's capital by Texas governor Greg Abbott, with many ending up outside Vice President Kamala Harris' home.
The stunts have been part of a campaign aimed at getting leaders of blue "sanctuary" cities and states to realize that the situation at the border is dire, and requires real solutions.
If passed, the bill would allow all non-citizens, including undocumented and illegal migrants, to vote in municipal elections.
New York City passed a similar law at the end of 2021, which was signed into law by outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio, however it was later overturned by New York's highest court after the RNC brought suit against the city. The New York law would have permitted non-citizens who are legally in the country to vote, whereas the DC law would give non-legal immigrants access to the vote as well.
New York state got slapped down on this recently and I fully expect D.C. to as well.
CC
This kind of thing makes it hard to care if Mad Vlad nukes DC.
“In her statements, Cheh called the bill “eminently supportable,” but highlighted one potentially troubling aspect, the fact that the time needed to achieve “residency” in DC was only thirty days.”
Why not? They vote already. As long as they vote Democrat, the Democrats will make sure they get to vote.
Just for local elections. Yeah, sure.
They’ll be given a ballot with ALL the candidates and just instructed to vote on the local ones (wink, wink). Or maybe they’ll just assume they know the rules.
Nothing would surprise me.
An enterprising Republican should make a point of this and demand that Pelosi make a statement whether non-citizen voting in DC is the wish of Congress.
-PJ
I know about that and I hope they do.
LOL it would be great if this backfires and the illegal aliens vote Republican. Nobody likes white Karen liberals not even illegals.
🤔. It could be an improvement. Nah, citizens only. It ain’t a gift.
So someone who isn’t even supposed to be here has the same say as a legal citizen?
Assuming the house and senate are taken and assuming they have the internal fortitude, cut all funding to DC, NYC and any other city/state that pulls this BS.
BUS
MORE
IN
Squat in Lafayette Park and 5hit in a local library and you, too, can become a DC voter in just 30 days.
What a freak show!
Another reason the District of Corruption doesn’t need to be a state. They don’t have enough voters to have elections. They have to illegally import voters from south of the border. That place isn’t a swamp, it’s a sewer.
The demonic forces know taking down the USA is the priority. We don’t know right from wrong anymore.
This reveals how degenerate the DNC has become, granting invaders the right to determine the future of legal residents! The sickness of the DNC runs very deep in the sewer. If people cannot now see how much an enemy of we the people the DNC are, America is lost.
Dc is not a state. No one there should be allowed to vote on anything
The VOTE is the last priveledge that citizenship has. All the rest is burden and those the illegals don’t have.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.