(01-10-2019 09:19 PM)JRsec Wrote: (01-10-2019 09:06 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: (01-10-2019 01:56 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (01-10-2019 01:32 PM)umbluegray Wrote: (01-10-2019 10:19 AM)Redwingtom Wrote: On what planet is this happening or EVER going to happen?
Uh, California, for starters.
Baby steps...
Non-citizens legally register to vote in San Francisco school elections
And there's an effort to remove "are you a citizen" from the census.
Lawmaker aims to get citizenship question removed from U.S. census
Still does not make them citizens, much less instant ones.
But does make them instant (presumably democrat) voters, which is all democrats care about.
Bingo! Once you blur the line between who is registered to vote as an alien in a city election the sooner you can confuse the issue between citizens voting in general state and national elections and city elections. The very concept of an illegal having a say at any level of our government is asinine. The school ballots are just a ruse for the camel to get its nose under the national tent.
Dude, have you seen the voter participation rates for Mexican American citizens? Its extremely low.
The reason why white straight cisgendered conservative evangelicals can't win an election is that they've p*ssed off white liberals/moderates and African Americans to the point where virtually none of them will support the right wing anymore.
So what, SF allows all TAXPAYER residents to vote in school board elections. It wouldn't surprise me if that does expand.
BTW, is there any law preventing a state allowing all legal residents from voting? Not sure if there is. But then again, I suppose our founders allowed each state to set its own rules for voting right? If California or Minnesota or Virginia allows all residents to vote in state or federal elections...is there a prohibition on that?
Maybe states rights on voting rules might not be such a great idea...right?
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Here's a compromise. Our side restricts voting by non-citizens in return for Federal legislation mandating
1) A nationwide voter registry mandating that every citizen be enrolled (unless they opt out actively) and have an absolute right to vote at their registered address on file
2) The ability of people to change their registered address online, without extra barriers by states
3) Mandated early voting, equal access to voting locations (meaning same lines in Dem and Rep areas), and transportation to those polling locations
4) Centralized voting locations in each county where every citizen can vote early or on election day, regardless of their actual precinct location.
5) Non-partisan district drawing, which uses the baseline of partisan vote of the last three elections prior to redistricting as the baseline for partisan makeup of the districts
6) Voting rights for every citizen not incarcerated
7) Online voting for expats and the military serving overseas. This includes mainland American residents and military living in Puerto Rico, the USVI, Guam, the CNMI, or American Samoa.
8) The ability of students to choose to register where they are residing for school or at their home address
9) A requirement that every election be won by the candidate with the most votes, with either a run off or an instant run off requirement