Democrats on the New York City Council are eyeing a plan to allow nearly a million non-citizens the ability to vote in local city elections.
The plan, backed by 34 Democrats on the 51-member New York City Council, would allow non-citizens with green cards, visas, and work authorization to vote in city elections so long as they have resided in New York City for at least 30 consecutive days.
The plan indicates that legal immigrants on green cards or an employment visa who have lived in New York City for at least a month would be able to vote for mayor, comptroller, public advocate borough presidents, council members, and changes to city policy.
Ydanis Rodriguez, a Democrat councilmember who represents the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan, told NY1 that “we need to recognize the contributions of our immigrant brothers and sisters” by giving non-citizens city-wide voting rights.
“This is not about doing a favor to immigrants by allowing them to vote,” Rodriguez said. “If they pay their taxes, as I did when I had my green card, then they should have a right to elect their local leaders.”
They should only be allowed to vote AFTER they become citizens!
This is more vote harvesting by dumbocrats!
Cold day in Hell before Americans let that happen !!!! No more Election CHEATING !!!!!!!!
in 2020 election they let Illegals Vote , Dead people Vote , steal Trump votes to Biden !!! You name it
If “paying taxes” is the standard they wish to use, then start letting juveniles with jobs at McDonald’s and kids working in the farms during the summer have a vote, too.
Democrats ARE, without question, the STUPIDEST, most hypocritical, and twisted logic connivers in the history of this nation.
Tax. Tax some more. Promise the world, then tax everyone to pay, although the money collected from their never ending new tax schemes NEVER PAYS FOR ANYTHING.
Please God, let them hang as soon as we can get away with it.
This plain ole BS!