LA City Council Advances Measure to Allow Noncitizens to Vote in Local Elections
The Los Angeles City Council voted 10-5 to advance a controversial proposal that would allow noncitizens to vote in local elections, including mayoral, city council and school board races.
The New York Post reports that the proposal is part of a sweeping charter reform package headed for the November ballot.
The proposal to allow noncitizens to vote was proposed by Councilman Hugo Soto-Martínez who argues that noncitizens who live, work, pay taxes and raise families in Los Angeles should have a voice in local affairs.
Soto-Martinez said, “I believe it’s a simple principle that should guide us: If you live in the city, contribute to the city, raise your family in the city, and are impacted by the decisions made in the city, you deserve to have a voice in the city.”
“It just does not make sense to me that someone who moves to Los Angeles for a temporary job has more of a voice than a parent who has been here for decades raising their children through public schools,” Soto-Martinez added.
Sounds fair to me. They still won't let outsiders or illegals vote, but you seem to have a problem with legal, working and tax paying people voting for how their tax money is spent. Why is that?
@MasterLee of course you would. Maga never passes on an off chance to cheat. But I'm confident it won't count, so please be my guest and land yourself in jail for trying.
