The right of every Americans’ vote to count has long been rumored to be under attack, with the mainstream media doing their best to distract from stories supporting these rumors.
Well, someone is definitely getting fired because they let the latest big news out of NYC slip through the cracks.
The New York City Council on Thursday approved legislation that would expand voting rights to hundreds of thousands of legal noncitizens, allowing a once-disenfranchised segment of Big Apple taxpayers a chance to participate in the local democratic process.
The measure was easily approved by the City Council with the support of a number of advocacy groups, who say that New York’s legal permanent residents have the right to weigh in on who leads the city and how their tax dollars are spent.
This would provide the Empire State’s most populous city with a previously repulsive distinction.
If the bill is enacted and if it survives legal challenges, New York City would become the largest jurisdiction in the United States to allow noncitizen voting.
The law would not, however, allow these noncitizen residents to vote in state and federal elections, by its very nature, but it does create a new precedent and conjure the framework for a further erosion of the value of citizenry.
