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Gass3268
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« on: September 13, 2017, 08:17:00 AM »
Tuesday the College Park City Council voted 4-3 to allow non-citizens to vote in city elections even if they're illegally in the country.
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2017, 08:42:11 AM »

It was common practice for most of the 19th century.

Here is what Wikipedia has:

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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2017, 09:00:24 AM »
I am shocked, shocked I tell you, at all the conservatives dismissing state and local authority.
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2017, 09:36:01 AM »
Quote from: Arch on September 13, 2017, 09:33:00 AM
IF they're legal non-citizens, and it's limited to local elections, I'm okay with it, but that's it. Anything beyond that is too much.

I can agree with this as a compromise.
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