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Non-citizens in New York City could soon be given the right to vote
guardian ^ | Thursday 2 April 2015 14.45 EDT | Kanishk Tharoor

Posted on 04/05/2015 4:08:43 PM PDT by 9thLife

New York City council is currently drafting legislation that would allow all legal residents, regardless of US citizenship, the right to vote in city elections

New York City is routinely described as a “global hub”, a place so thoroughly penetrated by international capital and migration that it seems at once within and without the United States. It is the centre of American commerce and media, but its politics, demographics and worldly outlook make the Big Apple an outlier.

New York may be about to become even more distinct. The left-leaning New York City council is currently drafting legislation that would allow all legal residents, regardless of citizenship, the right to vote in city elections. If the measure passes into law, it would mark a major victory for a voting rights campaign that seeks to enfranchise non-citizen voters in local elections across the country. A few towns already permit non-citizen residents to vote locally, but New York City would be by far the largest jurisdiction to do so.

Under the likely terms of the legislation, legally documented residents who have lived in New York City for at least six months will be able to vote in municipal elections. Reports suggest that the city council is discussing the legislation with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office, and that a bill might be introduced as soon as this spring.

While the legislation stands a good chance of sailing through the council and even winning the approval of the mayor, the prospect of New York City enfranchising its residents has stoked controversy. Many Americans find the idea of non-citizen voting entirely unpalatable and fear that it undermines the sanctity and privilege of citizenship.

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“As New York City goes,” Dromm said, “so goes the rest of the world.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


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To: manc

How long have Cuba, Mexico and South America been voting in yours?


21 posted on 04/05/2015 4:25:46 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife

A long time like in every other state, but it is supposed to be illegal where as NY City wants non Americans voting in theirs. So the question is, can we in the south vote in NY City if this law passes?


22 posted on 04/05/2015 4:32:59 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 9thLife
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy”

- Attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler (15 October 1747 – 5 January 1813)

23 posted on 04/05/2015 4:33:14 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: 9thLife

New Yawk also disenfranchises animals. This could get good.


24 posted on 04/05/2015 4:35:32 PM PDT by Libloather (Embrace the suck)
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To: manc
it is supposed to be illegal where as NY City wants non Americans voting in theirs. So the question is, can we in the south vote in NY City if this law passes?

I think it is time for us to demand our rights. DO NOT DISENFRANCHISE US!!!

25 posted on 04/05/2015 4:39:37 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
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To: 9thLife
“As New York City goes,” Dromm said, “so goes the rest of the world.”

There are things to like about New York, but it is hardly the center of the universe. That said, what does it mean to be an American citizen if your local city/town council can just decide that your citizenship is meaningless when it comes to deciding who will represent you?

26 posted on 04/05/2015 4:46:15 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Texas Fossil

My grandparents lived near Flushing.


27 posted on 04/05/2015 4:53:41 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: huldah1776
Flushing Meadows....


28 posted on 04/05/2015 4:54:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: 9thLife

The is what the America-hating, commie bastards, aka “democRATS” do. The sleazy lice can’t get elected in a fair and honest election. The crotch dwellers have to manufacture illegal votes.


29 posted on 04/05/2015 4:59:35 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("I want to be America's first, historical, male first lady." - Slick Willie)
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To: 9thLife

Just look at what they got without the illegals voting....imagine


30 posted on 04/05/2015 5:09:08 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Empty head empty suit = arrogant little bastard)
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To: 9thLife

The Right to Vote sometimes called the ‘Franchise’ is when you come right down to it the ONLY thing now-a-days that separates a Citizen from a Non-citizen. And these absolute fools are going to GIVE that away too?

In that case why be a citizen of the United States, Anyone anywhere has the same right to vote in our elections and therefore influence our political process.

Beware the consequences I say of decisions like this. The intended as well as unintended consequences may indeed be dire and permanent.


31 posted on 04/05/2015 5:09:42 PM PDT by The Working Man
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
but it is hardly the center of the universe.

Let's agree to disagree ;).

32 posted on 04/05/2015 5:30:58 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: The Working Man
Like jihadis acting up on an airliner, they're testing, pushing. Pushing for all-out globalism.

This is child's play now -- just to get headlines. If the financial system tanks again, it will become a freight train.

33 posted on 04/05/2015 5:33:03 PM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: 9thLife

It figures that Sonderkommando Soros would want to destroy our nation.


34 posted on 04/05/2015 5:34:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: 9thLife

You would think this could be constitutionally challenged as a denial of the right to vote by legal citizens, on the grounds their votes are being nullified by illegal voters.


35 posted on 04/05/2015 5:44:24 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: dfwgator

LOL


36 posted on 04/05/2015 6:29:22 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: dfwgator
related to the image you have chosen:

NYC being hurled into the Sun, encased in plastic shrink-wrap, as a quarantine measure by the USAF, using a tractor beam, in a time period where we all hope to be long dead

I actually couldn't find a suitable screen-grab: I would have to go through my old VHS tapes for this...

37 posted on 04/05/2015 6:34:42 PM PDT by __rvx86 (¡SI SE PUEDE! (Cruz 2016!))
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38 posted on 04/05/2015 6:39:00 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: 9thLife

If any of those non citizens start voting republican, watch those councilmen who supported this, change their tune.


39 posted on 04/05/2015 6:43:24 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: 9thLife
Daniel Dromm is the gay vegan who introduced legislation to ban the Central Park horse-drawn carriages. There's a special place reserved in hell for men people like him.
40 posted on 04/05/2015 6:57:54 PM PDT by Alice in Wonderland
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