.Posted on 05/21/2010 6:53:40 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo
A major U.S. county that has long offered illegal immigrants official sanctuary wants to join a handful of others around the nation in granting them voting privileges reserved for American citizens.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors wants immigrants who don’t have voting rights to cast ballots in school board elections if their children attend public schools in the northern California county. The president of the county’s Board of Supervisors, David Chiu, introduced the legislation this week.
The former president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, Matt Gonzales, introduced a similar law six years ago but voters in the famously liberal California city by the bay narrowly rejected it. However, nearly half (49%) of the voters approved it and city leaders believe it will pass the second time around. They claim that one-third of the households with children in public schools is headed by parents who aren’t citizens.
Allowing them to vote in the Board of Education races would increase their involvement in their children’s education, Chiu says, and that in turn will “improve the quality of schools.” .
His recently introduced charter amendment is virtually identical to the 2004 proposal, which came dangerously close to being enacted.
Promoted as a “modest experiment in democracy”, that measure guarantees to empower the immigrant parents of children—many of them U.S.-born anchor babies—attending San Francisco public schools to have a say on how their children are educated. After all, immigrant voting has a long history that includes states and territories allowing the practice from 1776 to 1926, according to the San Francisco law’s authors.
It’s still illegal for non U.S. citizens to vote in federal or statewide elections, though a handful of jurisdictions around the country have passed measures to allow it in local contests. They include municipalities in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York. Under the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, federal authorities can deport an alien who falsely claims to be a citizen in order to vote.
...and what about my rights to participate in a fair election?
Are these people out of their minds? Just when you think they can't get any crazier...............
If they are allowed to vote for dog catchers and “school board members”, they’ll be allowed to vote in national elections. These districts should not be allowed to participate in national elections. They’ve lost control of their voter rolls once they allow this.
Iam literally stunned
Yea, in Mexico.
Illegal immigrants have the unalienable right to go back where they came from and vote for someone other than the current crop of scum in power south of the border.
Yes, I mean that Mexicans keep voting for thieves and slackers and are thus responsible for their own problems.
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This is a fantastic idea. But why stop there? Just open it up so anyone, anywhere in the world can vote in our elections. Vote by phone. Over the internet. What have we got to lose we haven’t already lost?
What do we have here?
A little homosexual Chi-Com?
Don’t be too stunned. In Montgomery County Maryland in Takoma Park (a “nuclear-free-zone, by the way) illegal aliens have been able to vote in local elections for years. What a liberal paradise!?
Did I miss the part about US citizens getting voters rights in Mexico? Oh, yeah, that will NEVER happen.
It’s about time for the Republicans to introduce a rider to an appropriations bill that would defund funding to all sanctuary cities. This will put an end to this.
I guess the 14th Amendment don’t mean squat anymore
Great idea except for 2 things, democrat controlled congress and HIM as pres.
Their last instance of letting illegals have their say in traffic flow decisions resulted in an immediate solution. An illegal MS-13 driver shot to death three men blocking his left turn.
Following the logic of this, why not make elections in the U.S. truly international and let the citizens of Russia, Iran and China vote in our elections?
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors wants immigrants who don't have voting rights to cast ballots in school board elections if their children attend public schools in the northern California county. The president of the county's Board of Supervisors, David Chiu, introduced the legislation this week.
Next they will be given voting rights for all elections because as residents of the US, involving them in the voting process will, in turn, make them better citizens! /s
Told you they won’t make them citizens.
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