Yes to young people and non US citizens to vote in local elections?

[Anonymous]

I’m going to vote yes on both of those questions and no on the term limits. Term limits are a terrible idea pushed by Republicans and result in short term thinking. I don’t know about you but I want my city representatives to think about what things will be like in the next couple of decades while I live here and not just the next 4-8 years while they can be in the council.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely not.
Being physically present in a country does not entitle one to vote in elections.
That’s all there is to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why should green card holders or permanent residents be allowed to vote? If they care so much about the United States (or Rockville), they can naturalize. They obviously have a reason why they are not doing that. No, citizenship should mean something. And while we're at it, let's do away with dual citizenship. If you can't commit, why should we let you vote?

This always confused me. I thought as part of the citizenship ceremony people had to renounce their other citizenships. Is it just that we don't track it? Or are all of these dual citizens born into it?

You thought incorrectly. The oath says something about giving up other allegiances, US law doesn't require them to give up other citizenships

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should have to be at least 18 years of age, be a US citizen and meet one of these two qualifications to vote in US elections:

Be a land owner who can trace their ancestry to someone who came to the US before 1776,

Or

Pass a civics test the ensures you understand the founding principles of the United States and how the Government works.

I’m good with this.

There should be a civics test required for voter registration anyway. The same one they require new citizens to pass. That’s totally fair.

It’s actually totally unconstitutional.

Who cares? The gov does unconstitutional stuff all the time. What’s so different about this?

[Anonymous]

Follow the rules and become a citizen to vote. In no case should illegals be allowed to vote, even in local elections.

[Anonymous]

No and hell no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Follow the rules and become a citizen to vote. In no case should illegals be allowed to vote, even in local elections.

So what about the non-citizens that did follow the rules and are here completely legally? You know we have a lot of them right? We can them "lawful permanent residents."

How do you feel about them?

[Anonymous]

No way. If anything, we should raise the voting age to 21.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Follow the rules and become a citizen to vote. In no case should illegals be allowed to vote, even in local elections.

So what about the non-citizens that did follow the rules and are here completely legally? You know we have a lot of them right? We can them "lawful permanent residents."

How do you feel about them?

NP. They should not be allowed to vote. Voting is a privilege of citizenship. Why is this so hard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way. If anything, we should raise the voting age to 21.

I also think there should be a cutoff at 80. Don’t make decisions for my future, our planet, etc when you’re going to be dead in 5 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Follow the rules and become a citizen to vote. In no case should illegals be allowed to vote, even in local elections.

So what about the non-citizens that did follow the rules and are here completely legally? You know we have a lot of them right? We can them "lawful permanent residents."

How do you feel about them?

NP. They should not be allowed to vote. Voting is a privilege of citizenship. Why is this so hard?

+100

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m going to vote yes on both of those questions and no on the term limits. Term limits are a terrible idea pushed by Republicans and result in short term thinking. I don’t know about you but I want my city representatives to think about what things will be like in the next couple of decades while I live here and not just the next 4-8 years while they can be in the council.

1. We have term limits. They're called elections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No way. If anything, we should raise the voting age to 21.

I also think there should be a cutoff at 80. Don’t make decisions for my future, our planet, etc when you’re going to be dead in 5 years.

As long as they are paying taxes, these 80 YOs have every bit as much of a right to vote as you do. How do you know for certain that YOU will be alive in 5 years?