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janterry

(4,429 posts) Thu Sep 30, 2021, 07:34 AM Sep 2021

RNC, Vermont GOP Sue Winooski and Montpelier Over Noncitizen Voting

Republicans are suing the cities of Winooski and Montpelier in an effort to strike down recent charter changes that allow noncitizens to vote in local elections.

The suits, brought by the Vermont GOP and the Republican National Committee, contend that the cities' new charters violate the Vermont Constitution, which limits voting to U.S. citizens 18 and over. In the complaints, attorney Brady Toensing wrote that the limit should apply to municipal elections, contending that in modern times, they are not distinct from their state and national counterparts

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2021/09/28/rnc-vermont-gop-sue-winooski-and-montpelier-over-noncitizen-voting

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RNC, Vermont GOP Sue Winooski and Montpelier Over Noncitizen Voting (Original Post) janterry Sep 2021 OP

Now now OldBaldy1701E Sep 2021 #1

I honestly don't know what will happen janterry Sep 2021 #2

Toensing. Toensing. Hmmm. Why does that name sound familiar? Midnight Writer Sep 2021 #3

OldBaldy1701E

(11,569 posts)

1. Now now

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 08:07 AM

Sep 2021

We can't have anyone but approved (rethug) voters in our elections, now can we?

janterry

(4,429 posts)

2. I honestly don't know what will happen

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 08:57 AM

Sep 2021

as it makes its way through the courts.

I think it's interesting - tbh, I don't have much of an opinion, right now.

Of course these are very democratic places - overwhelmingly so (with or without non-citizen voting).
So, proponents are right - in that this really is more about who gets a say in local issues.

These aren't the only places that allow for non-citizen voting (there are, apparently, 10 other places nationally).

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/07/01/noncitizens-are-slowly-gaining-voting-rights

Midnight Writer

(25,758 posts)

3. Toensing. Toensing. Hmmm. Why does that name sound familiar?

Reply to janterry (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:19 AM

Sep 2021

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