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Kahn has another voting proposal (Immigration)
Mpls (Red Star) Tribune ^ | 3/12/07 | Joy Powell

Posted on 03/12/2007 8:59:03 PM PDT by Valin

Kahn has another voting proposal Should Minnesota's Constitution be amended to allow people who are permanent residents -- but not U.S. citizens -- to vote in local elections?

Should Minnesota's Constitution be amended to allow people who are permanent residents -- but not U.S. citizens -- to vote in local elections? That's the question Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, and some fellow DFLers want to submit to Minnesotans in the 2008 election.

Kahn said the amendment would allow local units of government to decide whether they would authorize permanent residents to vote in local elections, including for mayor and school board. It would not include state or federal races.

Under the measure, people who are at least 18 and have resided in the precinct for 30 days could vote in local elections if they are a permanent U.S. resident.

Permanent residents, who often hold "green cards," are defined as those who have permission to stay in the United States, though they are not citizens.

The law would not allow illegal immigrants to vote, Kahn stressed.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: immigration; votingrights

1 posted on 03/12/2007 8:59:06 PM PDT by Valin
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To: Valin

Why not just open the voter registration booths in mexico city?


2 posted on 03/12/2007 9:17:58 PM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: bill1952

Don't give her any ideas!
Phyllis is a real piece of work. Freepers throw the word Socialist and moonbat around quite freely, but Phyllis Kahn is the real deal.
In the past she's wanted to give the right to vote to 12 year olds, the chief author of the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act (1st in the nation), A Moratorium on the construction of certain freeways, including I-335, A5Establishment of the Commission on the Economic Status of Women

As I said she's the real deal.


3 posted on 03/12/2007 10:19:19 PM PDT by Valin (History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
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To: bill1952

sorry,...I just had to.

4 posted on 03/12/2007 10:23:32 PM PDT by sayfer bullets (Go Pokes!)
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To: Valin
Phyllis is a real piece of work.

What ever happened to her getting caught stealing campaign literature from peoples doors for a candidate of another party?

5 posted on 03/13/2007 5:52:54 AM PDT by cryptical (Wretched excess is just barely enough.)
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