Posted on 04/05/2006 12:16:42 PM PDT by Icelander
Legislation granting non-citizens the right to vote is expected to pass in New York City this year, immigration rights advocates tell the Amsterdam News.
"We’re very excited and very optimistic that this will pass," New York City Councilman Charles Barron said at a recent press briefing. "We see this as the historical launching of something that should have happened a long time ago," the outspoken Democrat added.
Dubbed the "Voting Rights Restoration Act," the measure would permit immigrants who have a green card to vote in municipal elections, including for mayor, comptroller and city council, after having lived in the city for six months.
The New York Coalition to Expand Voting Rights sees the measure being extended one day to state and even federal elections. "There is nothing in either the U.S. or the New York State Constitution that prevents us from expanding the franchise to include non-citizen residents," a spokesman for the group argued in January.
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Advocates claim that 22 states and federal territories allowed non-citizen voting during the 18th and 19th centuries. In New York, non-citizen residents were denied the right to vote in 1804. According to the Caribbean news service, Heartbeat News, the measure's impact on New York City elections would be substantial, adding up to 1.5 million voters to rolls. Most of the new voters, experts predict, would cast their ballots for Democrats.
While New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has voiced opposition to the proposal, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told the Amsterdam News that she's "open to talking about passage."
In a statement issued by her office, City Council Member Melissa Mark Viverito praised the measure, explaining:
"East Harlem, Mott Haven and the Upper West Side are home to at least 25 thousand non-citizens of voting age who contribute in countless ways to the economic, social and cultural vitality of District 8 and NYC as a whole. Unfortunately they are not allowed to directly participate in choosing the municipal representatives who make the policies that affect their daily lives."
Most New Yorkers realize that they have nothing to gain by diluting their own interest group's franchise.
"The US code does not even define the citizenship of any individual. Citizenship is determined and recognized by the state in which you live. If you are a citizen of any of the individual States, you are a United States citizen.
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Actually, the 14th Amendment of the Constitution makes it pretty clear who is a citizen of the United States (first) and of the various States (second).
You are incorrect.
OK so now we have non-citizens voting in local elections and local schools prohibiting the showing of American flags.
Be safe, Be armed, Be American.
Does this include everyone at the U.N and their families?
yeah,but don't concern yourselves about amnesty.(sarc)
Religion-irrelevant
Personal freedom-irrelevent
Life-irrelevant
Constitution-irrelevent
Borders-irrelevent
right and wrong-irrelevant Big brother and taxation-relevant.
I see a trend.....
Surely there will be a federal civil rights lawsuit to stop this.
This is clearly aiding and abetting lawbreaking, and enabling felonious activity.
FREEPER ACTIVISM: If the bonding agents for tax-exempt NYC (and other municipal) transportation and highway bonds, municipal school bonding, utilities bonding, and the like, are aiding and abetting illegals activities, they are violating their fiduciary responsibility if they choose to ignore felonious activity. They could be held liable. The SEC should be advised of these concerns. EMAIL enforcement@SEC.gov.
FREEPER ACTIVISM Most bonding agents conducting NYC (and other municipal) business are registered broker-dealers and members of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). They are violating their fiduciary responsibility if they choose to ignore felonious activity. They could be held liable. NASD and SIPC should also be contacted regarding concerns about fiduciaries ignoring illegals activity.
FREEPER ACTIVISM Banks doing business with municipalities that are conducting illegal activity are violating their fiduciary responsibility if they choose to ignore felonious activity. They could be held liable for jeopardizing bank patrons, shareholders, and depositors and should be reported as follows:
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is the primary federal regulator for national banks. The OCC's Customer Assistance Group is available to assist customers with questions or complaints concerning national banks. Email Customer.Assistance@occ.treas.gov.
General information about the Customer Assistance Group is available on their web site: http://www.occ.treas.gov/customer.htm.
You can reach one of the OCC Customer Assistance Specialists by calling toll free number, 1-800-613-6743, Monday-Thursday, 9-4, and Friday 9-3.
Basically, you are qualified to enrol if:
* you are 18 years or older
* you are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident and
* you have lived in New Zealand for one year or more without leaving the country
A permanent resident is someone who has not taken up citizenship but who is entitled by law to live permanently in New Zealand. If you have to leave the country by a set date you are not a permanent resident for electoral purposes. This includes people who have student or visitor permits.
Grounds of disqualification
• You cannot enrol if:
• you are a New Zealand citizen who is outside New Zealand and has not been in New Zealand within the last 3 years or
• you are a permanent resident of New Zealand who is outside New Zealand and has not been in New Zealand within the last 12 months.
*NOTE that there are exceptions to the above two rules - for example, public servants or members of the Defence Force who are on duty outside New Zealand, as well as members of their families.
• you are currently in prison for a term of more than three years, or you have been in a psychiatric hospital for more than three years after being charged with a criminal offence
God bless every one of you there. If I could make it happen, I would replace almost everyone in the Senate with you all.
Appreciate the kind words, and thanks for looking.
Should we construe that post as support for giving illegals the right to vote?
Appreciate your comments- thanks.
"About two years ago (1994), Time magazine's cover read, "Thinking the unthinkable!" The story stated that mankind is at the bring of disaster in a world bristling with nuclear weapons. Harvard professor Bernard Lown lamented that mankind is doomed, locked into a race toward Armageddon." Pastor Hagee
It doesn't look like nuclear weapons will be the doom of mankind, instead the sheer stupidity of governments. (/sarc)
I'm not speechless often...but you've done it.
Sorry....but I'm sick to my stomach watching our country transform into the Balkans......
This is clearly aiding and abetting lawbreaking, and enabling felonious activity.
FREEPER ACTIVISM: If the bonding agents for tax-exempt NYC (and other municipal) transportation and highway bonds, municipal school bonding, utilities bonding, and the like, are aiding and abetting illegals activities, they are violating their fiduciary responsibility if they choose to ignore felonious activity. They could be held liable. The SEC should be advised of these concerns. EMAIL enforcement@SEC.gov.
FREEPER ACTIVISM Most bonding agents conducting NYC (and other municipal) business are registered broker-dealers and members of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). They are violating their fiduciary responsibility if they choose to ignore felonious activity. They could be held liable. NASD and SIPC should also be contacted regarding concerns about fiduciaries ignoring illegals activity.
FREEPER ACTIVISM Banks doing business with municipalities that are conducting illegal activity are violating their fiduciary responsibility if they choose to ignore felonious activity. They could be held liable for jeopardizing bank patrons, shareholders, and depositors and should be reported as follows:
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is the primary federal regulator for national banks. The OCC's Customer Assistance Group is available to assist customers with questions or complaints concerning national banks. Email Customer.Assistance@occ.treas.gov.
General information about the Customer Assistance Group is available on their web site: http://www.occ.treas.gov/customer.htm.
You can reach one of the OCC Customer Assistance Specialists by calling toll free number, 1-800-613-6743, Monday-Thursday, 9-4, and Friday 9-3.
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