Thread: New Bill Aims to Give Voting Rights to Illegal Aliens in N.Y.C.

New Bill Aims to Give Voting Rights to Illegal Immigrants in NYC

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By Cathy Burke | Monday, 22 Feb 2016 08:16 AM

New legislation is reportedly being pushed to give illegal immigrants the right to vote in New York City's elections next year.

The New York Post reports Bertha Lewis, head of the Black Institute — part of a coalition of immigration-rights groups making the push — says a bill is expected to be introduced this spring.

"We want to expand the right to vote for everybody, not suppress the vote," Lewis said, the Post reports. "What a radical idea."

There are an estimated 1.3 million noncitizen residents in the city, about 500,000 of whom are undocumented. Neither group is allowed to vote.

Lewis sees such legislation as as an extension of Mayor Bill de Blasio's Municipal ID card offered to all residents — including those who are undocumented, the Post said.

"People want to come out of the shadows," she said, adding: "There will be a lot of support for it in the City Council. We want people to participate in civic life and be invested in what happens. It will lead to a healthier community."

But New York state's Conservative Party chairman, Mike Long, called the idea "outrageous," and charged liberals may be behind the effort to boost Democratic Party enrollment and "buy votes," the Post reports.


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But New York state's Conservative Party chairman, Mike Long, called the idea "outrageous," and charged liberals may be behind the effort to boost Democratic Party enrollment and "buy votes," the Post reports.

Exactly. Amazing how so many now go so far out there to ignore our immigration laws. What country allows non-citizens to vote?

Linked following story due to its length:

The Threat of Non-Citizen Voting

By Hans A. von Spakovsky

http://www.heritage.org/research/rep...citizen-voting

Linked due to long length:

Allowing Non-Citizens to Vote in the United States? Why Not

http://www.cis.org/NoncitizenVoting

Effort to Open Voting to Illegal Immigrants Underway in NYC

Black Institute: 'We want to expand the right'

Published: 16 hours ago
CHERYL CHUMLEY

New York City black and Hispanic activists are rallying around a proposal from an immigration rights’ group, the Black Institute, that would give illegals the right to vote for mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president and city council members as early as the 2017 election.

The plan was just discussed at the Black and Latino Legislative Caucus gathering in Albany, and is gathering steam, the New York Post reported.

“We want to expand the right to vote for everybody, not suppress the vote,” said Bertha Lewis, who heads up the Black Institute, in the newspaper. “What a radical idea.”

The proposal is expected to be introduced for city vetting in the coming weeks.

This isn’t the first time an idea aimed at letting illegals vote has made waves in the city. Years ago, a councilman representing the Queens region, Dan Dromm, brought forward a bill to allow “lawful residents,” or those who held green cards but couldn’t vote, the right to cast ballots, the New York Post reported. That measure never made it to a vote.

But Lewis is pushing hard for her proposal, and is characterizing it mainly as an extension of the Municipal ID card given all residents, courtesy of Mayor Bill de Blasio, even illegals, that allows them the ability to conduct certain business in city limits.

“People want to come out of the shadows,” she said, the New York Post reported.

Not all are on board.

Conservative Party chairman Mike Long said it appeared the idea was aimed at reeling in more Democratic Party support.

“This is outrageous,” he said, in the newspaper. “American citizens have the right to determine the destiny of towns, villages, cities, states and the country.”

http://www.wnd.com/2016/02/new-york-...illegals-vote/