ALERT: Plan would grant vote to noncitizens

San Francisco Examiner ^ | 7/2/04 | Adriel Hampton

[Bella_Bru]

they should be immune from American taxation?

If they do not have the documentation to legally work in the US, they aren't paying taxes. Ever heard of being payed under the table?

[calcowgirl]

FWIW the uber liberal bastion of Cambridge Massachusetts tried this crap years ago and it was denied.

I read about this the other day ... but in Georgia. I did a quick search.
It seems to be a coordinated movement: The Immigrant Voting Project

WHAT DOES CITIZENSHIP MEAN
Cities debate whether noncitizens should vote
By TERESA BORDEN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/02/04

There is not a lot that Monica Gonzales and Abdul Bashir have in common — except that both want the right to vote, both could soon get it, and neither is a U.S. citizen.

Gonzales lives in San Francisco. Bashir lives in Washington.

She is a Mexican mother of two and a legal U.S. resident who wants to get involved in the public school system. He is an Ethiopian taxi driver with a green card who is getting evicted from his apartment building after five years because, he thinks, the city wants to tear it down to make way for a ritzy new condo development.

They both pay taxes and participate in their communities, they say, and they want to take part in the politics that affect them and their families.

Now, both their cities are among a handful of places across the nation that are considering giving noncitizens the right to vote in municipal or school elections.

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There is also a poll at that link... I doubt San Francisco is this sensible.

Should non-citizens have the right to vote?  
 
Yes    4.80%  22  
No    95.20%  436  
 

[Dante3]

Yes, it is insanity. Anyone who favors it is either mentally ill or despises this country.