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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope. Voting was intended to be a privilege not a right. It’s the very thing that separates US CITIZENS from the rest of the world. And few below 18 are informed enough to deserve that privilege ( Mom of two teens here). How about we just focus on getting those who are actually eligible to vote to get out and vote. That’s the best way to ensure equality and equity-  that every qualified citizen have the faie access to vote and societal pressure to actually exercise that privilege. [/quote]

What is interesting is that the US has a long and storied history of allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections. This only started to change following a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment in the early 1900s. There is still nothing in the constitution or federal law that prohibits non-citizens from voting in local elections and the subsidiarity principle - and common sense - dictates that local jurisdictions should be able to make such decisions for themselves.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-citizen_suffrage_in_the_United_States[/quote]

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