Voting Rights For Illegal Immigrants
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 donât have voting rights to cast ballots in school board elections if their children attend public schools in the northern
The former president of
Allowing them to vote in the Board of Education races would increase their involvement in their childrenâs education, Chiu says, and that in turn will âimprove the quality of schools.â His recently introduced charter amendment is virtually identical to the 2004 proposal, which came dangerously close to being enacted.
Promoted as a âmodest experiment in democracyâ, that measure guarantees to empower the immigrant parents of childrenâmany of them U.S.-born anchor babiesâattending
Itâs 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
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