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See: GOP sues New York City over letting immigrants vote in local elections

January 10th, 2022

"The RNC, along with a group of New York Republican lawmakers and naturalized American citizens, claimed in their lawsuit that the new law – which would make roughly 800,000 foreign-born New Yorkers eligible to vote in local elections – conflicts with the state constitution and state election laws.

They also contend the measure, which took effect Saturday, “will dilute the votes” of American citizens and “cause an abrupt and sizable change to the makeup of the electorate.”

In reference to new measure “will dilute the votes” of American citizens and “cause an abrupt and sizable change to the makeup of the electorate”, our Supreme Court has emphatically stated:

“[T]he right of suffrage can be denied by a debasement or dilution of the weight of a citizen’s vote just as effectively as by wholly prohibiting the free exercise of the franchise.” Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U. S. 533, 555 (1964).”

And the noteworthy Joseph Story observed: “If aliens might be admitted indiscriminately to enjoy all the rights of citizens at the will of a single state, the Union might itself be endangered by an influx of foreigners, hostile to its institutions, ignorant of its powers, and incapable of a due estimate of its privileges.”

BTW the lawsuit can be found HERE


Why do so many object to noncitizens earning the right to vote by passing our nation's naturalization process which includes passing its Civics Test and taking our Naturalization Oath of Allegiance?


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JWK



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