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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Republicans are right on this one. Citizenship should mean something.  You want to vote and participate in government, become a citizen. There is a well-established process for that.  The votes of citizens should never be outweighed by those of non-citizens.  This shouldn't even be controversial.[/quote]

In other words, reflexive xenophobia compels you to oppose this proposal.[/quote]

Good grief, give it a rest. There is absolutely nothing xenophobic about a citizenship requirement.  This is the kind of woke name-calling that is driving moderates to vote R.  By what right would I have as an American to just show up in Paris, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, etc. and demand that I be permitted a say in how they govern even though I'm not a citizen.  [/quote]

Plenty of countries allow this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_foreigners_to_vote

The existing law allows any adult who happens to be born in the US to vote in local elections after living in DC for 30 days. This includes those who have no intention of making a permanent home in DC, such as college students.

Meanwhile, those who have lived in DC for years or even decades, who pay DC taxes, but for whatever reason do not hold US citizenship are barred from voting even in ANC elections.

The argument that only citizens should vote in federal elections seems reasonable. But barring non-citizen residents from voting in local elections doesn’t make a lot of sense.[/quote]

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