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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From link above:

"The city council passed the measure on a vote of 4-3. It came after a summer filled with heated debate.

The measure applies to green-card holders, [b]undocumented immigrants[/b] and those with student-visas."[/quote]

If anyone can justify the ridiculousness of this, I will tip my hat to you.[/quote]

They're residents of the town and likely pay taxes as well. They have an interest in governance.  [/quote]

[b]Undocumented immigrants pay taxes?  News to me.[/b]

So they snuck into our country (breaking the law!) and are entitled to legally vote in an election?  I don't consider "they are residents of the town" an appropriate justification.[/quote]

Then you're ignorant.  It is well established that undocumented immigrants pay taxes--sales taxes for sure, and often employment taxes that they can never recover (if they are working under a fake SSN).  They may well pay property taxes.

They are not allowed to vote in state or federal elections, but if the citizens of a town, through their elected leadership, decide that it makes sense to have all residents of the town able to vote, then I don't see who is to contradict them.  [/quote]

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