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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chevy Chase allows noncitizen residents to vote. It seems okay for them. [/quote]

How many undocumented immigrants live in Chevy Chase?  Probably a much smaller percentage of the population when compared to NYC would be my guess.  I could be wrong though.  [/quote]

NYC didn’t extend voting to undocumented immigrants. Read any article before commenting.

“… would allow more than 800,000 noncitizen New Yorkers to register as members of political parties and vote in municipal elections, provided they are green card holders or have the right to work in the United States.“[/quote]
Green card holders hoping to become citizens would be dumb to vote because there is a question on the citizenship form whether they have ever voted in any US election. You don’t want to open yourself up to additional questions from USCIS officers by saying yes[/quote]

By "US election" that question had better read FEDERAL election.  Otherwise the question is definitely an unconstitutional overreach.  Historically, up until the 1920s there wasn't really any question as to whether non-citizens could vote in state and local elections.[/quote]

Well it doesn’t. You can check the form N-400 yourself if you like. 
I believe one has to register to vote in order to vote in a local election and that is one area of potential mixup as well (though I can’t say for sure).
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