New York City Dems Pass Bill Allowing Non-Citizens To Vote The bill that will let more than 800,000 residents who aren’t U.S. citizens vote in municipal elections. The measure would let lawful permanent residents or those authorized to work in the U.S. to vote in city elections if they have lived in the five boroughs for 30 days or more and meet the other requirements for voting. It wouldn’t grant voting rights to immigrants who entered the country illegally. About 10% of the city’s 8.4 million inhabitants have status as lawful permanent residents, mostly with green cards, according to an April report by the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. Despite saying he wouldn't veto the bill (before he leaves office in a month), even New York City’s Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio has conceded that this is blatantly unconstitutional under New York law. “In the end, I want to make sure that citizenship, which people work so hard to achieve, is valued and is given its full weight,” the mayor said in late November during an interview on NY1.
I don't see how the hell they can let non-citizens vote just because it is local government. Local governments are creatures of the state. And one half or three quarters of many of the functions in cities are funded through various pass-down dollars from the feds and the states. So, in other words non-citizens are voting on the disposition of state and federal dollars. That ain't right.
Experts raise doubts about legality of NYC’s ‘non-citizen’ voting rights law Albany Law School professor Vincent Bonventre, said, “Although the provision does not explicitly say that a ‘non-citizen may not vote’ or that only citizens may vote, the implications seems pretty clear that the right to vote is exclusive to citizens—they are the only ones mentioned and nothing else suggests the right to vote may be extended to others.”
International Worldwide mail in voting is a Great idea and you Know it! Everybody Worldwide Vote all you want in as many countries as you want. Postage worldwide guaranteed by the Giant Sugar Tit United States of America. Free transportation to Red States and Swing States also supplied gratis by Big Ol Suger Hooters! We got this. Relax. Don't be such a tight-wad.
Mayor Eric Adams says allowing non-citizens to vote for NYC elections is ‘best choice’ The bill granted approximately 800,000 legal, non-citizen residents — such as green card holders and recipients of deferred action — the right to vote in municipal contests, but not state or federal elections. “I believe that New Yorkers should have a say in their government, which is why I have and will continue to support this important legislation,” Adams said in a statement Saturday.
Legally speaking, it’s legal. NYC is not the first municipality to allow this. *disclaimer, I do not support this. Only citizens should have the right to vote in any election in America, at any level. All I am doing is pointing out a fact.