Results 1 to 6 of 6
  1. #1
    non-essential Chris's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Post Count
    39,908



    Officials in Boston are considering allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections, according to The Associated Press.

    The City Council’s Committee on Government Operations is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday to discuss allowing immigrant residents with legal status in the United States to participate in municipal elections.

    “The purpose of our local government, including the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement, is to strengthen the ability of diverse, cultural, and linguistic communities to play an active role in the economic, civic, social and cultural life of the City of Boston,” City Council President Andrea Campbell, who requested the hearing, said earlier this year, according to local ABC affiliate WCVB.

    The city is reportedly exploring methods that will make its local election more inclusive by allowing participation by legal permanent residents, visa holders and residents who are legally residing in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

    Immigrant residents account for almost 28.5% of the city’s population, according to Campbell. A spending report from 2015 said immigrant residents in the city have paid $116 million in state and local taxes and generated about $3.4 billion in spending.

    http://thehill.com/homenews/state-wa...mpression=true

  2. #2
    bandwagoner fans suck ducks's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Post Count
    71,517
    How ing stupid

  3. #3
    Veteran
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Post Count
    11,986
    It's not illegal immigrants, ducks. It's immigrants that work here, are legally here, they just aren't full blown citizens, but they pay taxes and all that other good stuff. Not like poverty pimping California and wanting everyone to come in to Tammany Hall this mother er further into the ground.

    No need to shake a tail feather, ducks.

  4. #4
    I play pretty, no? TeyshaBlue's Avatar
    My Team
    Dallas Mavericks
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Post Count
    13,319
    Got no problems with immigrants with legal status voting locally tbh.

  5. #5
    Veteran
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Post Count
    18,121
    Need to get more Russians to Boston asap

  6. #6
    Damns (Given): 0 Blake's Avatar
    My Team
    San Antonio Spurs
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Post Count
    76,298
    You having the right to vote concerns me

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •