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Far-left LA city councilmember launches shock bid to let noncitizens vote in elections

California Post·Jamie Paige·about 1 month ago
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Lefty Los Angeles politicians want to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections — arguing that illegal migrants should have the right to pick leaders and shape policies in one of America’s largest cities. A proposal from Hugo Soto-Martínez — a Democratic Socialists of America-backed city councilmember currently running for reelection — would give the Council the authority to extend voting rights to noncitizens. Democratic Socialists of America-backed City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez is pushing a measure that would give the council authority to extend voting rights to noncitizens. AP Soto-Martínez, the son of Mexican immigrants, has framed the push as giving more power families like his own who paid taxes and raised children in LA while remaining locked out of the ballot box. He contends that decisions ranging from housing and policing to education are felt most acutely at the local level, yet not everyone living under those policies has a say.…

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