College Park, Maryland’s city council voted in favor of allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections. Listen to The Larry O’Connor Show today from 3pm – 6pm as Larry discusses College Park joining six other towns allowing non-citizens to vote in municipal elections.
Ariella Phillips of The Washington Examiner pinned an article detailing yesterday’s meeting. An excerpt of her article,College Park, Maryland will allow non-citizens to vote in local elections, is below:
College Park, Md. voted to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections Tuesday night.
After several votes, the council eventually voted 4-3 to allow legal permanent residents and undocumented immigrants to take part in upcoming municipal elections. One council member did not vote.
Initially, the city council of the Washington, D.C., suburb voted 4-4 on the first measure, a nonbinding referendum, sending the deciding vote to Mayor Patrick Wojahn, who voted against it. [Read More]
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