First we have California wanting to let non-Citizens to be on juries – our “peers” that COULD eternally deprive us of my Liberty when they may still adhere to the historical and legal precepts held over from their country of origin? How would THAT serve us well as a society? I talked about Progressives forcibly trying to blur the lines between Citizens and non-citizens, that their sense of “Community” overrides the actual legalities of the obligations of Citizenship.
Now, we see the next shoe drop – if non-citizens are allowed to vote, what is left of the notion of what a citizen is? From the Left Coast to the virtual Left Coast of New York City:
New York City is poised to become the first major city to grant non-citizens the right to vote.
The New York City Council’s committees on immigration and government relations will today hold joint hearings on a proposal that would allow non-citizens to vote in city elections, and backers of the effort say they have a veto-proof majority, according to the New York Daily News.
Citizenship is currently a requirement for voters throughout New York State, but this legislation, “Voting By Non-Citizen Residents,” would change that, allowing immigrants who are “lawfully present in the United States” and have lived in the city for longer than six months to vote.
“This is extremely important, because it’s based on the founding principle of this country and that was, ‘No Taxation Without Representation.’ All of the people who would be included in this and would be allowed to vote are paying taxes, they’ve contributed to society,” Councilman Daniel Dromm, a co-sponsor of the proposal, told Talking Points Memo.
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