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Voting rights sought for non-citizens
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Immigration activists packed a New York City Council hearing to demand non-citizens be allowed to vote in municipal elections.

The council is considering whether to let residents who have been in the city six months or longer vote in local elections. It's an idea Mayor Michael Bloomberg vehemently opposes, the New York Post said.

The activists said an estimated 1 million New Yorkers, about 20 percent of the adult population, don't have voting rights, although they pay $18.2 billion a year in state income taxes.