Noncitizens Should Get Vote, Too, Mayor Says: Latinos Fault Access To D.C. Services

Washington Post ^ | October 1, 2002

[sarcasm]

Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday that noncitizens in the District should be allowed to vote in local elections, as a Latino coalition issued a report complaining that Hispanics lacked services and access to local government.

"I'm committed to expanding the franchise," said Williams (D), who appeared at a news conference sponsored by the Council of Latino Agencies. He said the city needs to develop a new standard for voting -- "but it isn't citizenship."

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Williams did not say whether illegal immigrants would be included. Any change in the District's electoral law would have to be submitted to Congress for review. A spokeswoman for Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) said she wanted more specifics on the proposal before commenting.

[johnboy]

being christian, i was taught that all life was sacred. as of late, though, i am given to wonder ... are there different categories of christian?

[Marine Inspector]

ping

[Marine Inspector]

District of Columbia - FY 2001 INS Apprehensions by Country
Antigua-Barbuda	1	Argentina	2	Bolivia	8	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1
Bulgaria	1	Chile	1	China	8	Cuba	3
Dominican Republic	6	Ecuador	11	Egypt	3	El Salvador	102
Ethiopia	2	France	2	Ghana	4	Guatemala	18
Guyana	1	Haiti	3	Honduras	21	Hungary	1
India	1	Iran	1	Iraq	1	Italy	1
Jamaica	6	Jordan	2	Laos	1	Lebanon	1
Liberia	1	Mexico	102	Morocco	6	Nicaragua	4
Nigeria	4	Pakistan	3	Panama	1	Peru	10
Philippines	2	Russia	1	Saudi Arabia	2	Senegal	2
Seychelles	1	Slovakia	1	Somalia	1	South Korea	2
Tanzania	2	Thailand	1	Trinidad and Tobago	2	Tunisia	2
Ukraine	1	United Arab Emirates	1	United Kingdom	2	Venezuela	1
Vietnam	4
Total = 373

[sarcasm]

Your numbers clearly show that there is virtually no interior enforcement.

[CaptRon]

Citizenship is apparently not the privilege it once was.

We are destroying ourselves from within, just like the Romans,

[Lion Den Dan]

THESE IDIOTS ARE ABSOLUTELY NUTS

[sarcasm]

Legislation to allow non-citizen voting was introduced in New York a few years ago - much to the delight of the left.

[Savage Beast]

I think non-citizens should be allowed to vote in all elections. Why should someone be disenfranchized simply because he happens to live in...say...Bangla Desh, or Upper Volta, or Lower Volta for that matter?

[4Freedom]

As Jorge Boosh likes to say, "Make no mistake about it!"

[Paleo Conservative]

Try moving to any of those countries and see if they allow you to vote in their elections.

[Dante3]

Thanks for posting it.

When I heard it announced on TV last evening, I thought I must have misheard.

Clearly Mayor Williams is having a breakdown. And this absurd statement after his election fiasco!

[MrB]

Take it further!

If you're not a net tax payer, you don't get to vote.

[Howlin]

Thank you for stating that!

"I'm committed to expanding the franchise,"

Franchise? If so, Congress needs to CANCEL this one.

[ofMagog]

Everyone has a use.

We can always use Mayor Anthony A. Williams as a bad example.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

America is so 'belons to the World' that our elections should be held world wide. For example Bush should have to campaign in India as well as Arizona.

[oldironsides]

The Democrats have been allowing dead voters to vote in Philadelphia for years. They had dozens vote from the same vacant lot. They have even had a 105% turnout.

[LiteKeeper]

Huh??????????????????????????

[Marine Inspector]

Agreed, and thats the way GWB and the GOP want it.