Comment on San Francisco Appoints First Noncitizen to Serve on Elections Commission | KQED

• Alteon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A lot of these people are legal residents, pay taxes, and are just as interested as you or I in our schools, environment, and public safety. Many of these local laws and policies affect them directly. By allowing them the ability to vote in local, non-federal elections, it gives them a voice and helps to prevent discriminatory and xenophobic policies that can directly affect these people.

  It’s also interesting to note that a lot of these people would love to become full citizens, but its a massive time and monetary investment that many of them can’t always afford to go through. So why treat them as sub-human? Why view their ability to have a voice as being “the entire problem”? What is it do you think they are able to do that is so bad by voting in these local elections?

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel the same way. Small local elections I’m fine with. School boards, sales tax, etc. things they pay for with their tax money I’m fine with.

    Senators, governors, etc should be citizens only.

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    • Alteon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s the way it already is. As far as I’m aware, there are no states that permit non-citizens to vote for State House, State Senate, State attorney, Governor, or any federal position (House, Senate, or President).

      So it’s really weird to see people freaking out about it (you should check out the news site comments section - apparently she’s evil incarnate, the root of all of our problems, and here to destroy everything that we hold sanctimonious in our country.

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