D.C. lawmakers float bill to allow voting without U.S. citizenship

A bill introduced by D.C. lawmakers would grant some immigrants lacking U.S. citizenship the ability to vote in municipal elections.

The Local Resident Voting Rights Act of 2015 would allow D.C. residents who are not U.S. citizens but meet the federal definition of having permanent residency status to cast ballots in local elections, including races for mayor and the D.C. Council as well as initiatives and charter referendums. D.C. Council member David Grosso, at-large independent, introduced the legislation Tuesday.

In a statement announcing the introduction of the bill, Mr. Grosso cited statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau that indicate the District is home to nearly 54,000 foreign-born residents who are not naturalized U.S. citizens.

Full article: D.C. lawmakers float bill to allow voting without U.S. citizenship (Washington Times)

One response to “D.C. lawmakers float bill to allow voting without U.S. citizenship

  1. What a convoluted mess this can create, we American citizens, don’t vote in Asia,
    Central America, Africa, Burma, China, South East Asia, Japan, and on it goes, why
    in the world, would anyone even think of letting non-United States Citizens, visitors or green card holders or anyone of any other standing to vote in our country this will only cost we the public tax money, and start an unmitigated mess for everyone,,