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Ex-Brooklyn City Council Member Talks Non-Citizen Voting Rights
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January 11, 2022
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9:48Now PlayingBy next year, 800,000 non-citizens will have their say in New York City’s local election process.
A law went into effect allowing non-citizens the right to vote in municipal contests. Anybody with the right to work could also vote.
Documented non-citizens make up about 11% of that city’s voting bloc.
Similar efforts in large cities like Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles have failed while smaller cities in Vermont and Maryland have passed comparable laws.
Former Brooklyn City Council member Carlos Menchaca joins Aisha Mills on “AMplified” to discuss the measure.
All this and more on “AMplified.”
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