If the bill passes, qualifying noncitizens would be allowed to vote in all local races, but not federal elections.
The bill, which received a 12-1 vote on first reading Tuesday, would amend the District’s election code and permit all noncitizen residents in D.C., including green-card holders, temporary residents on visas and undocumented immigrants, to vote in local elections, provided they meet the remaining requirements for voting in the District. Qualifying noncitizens would be allowed to vote in all local races, including mayor, attorney general, school board, D.C.
Council members have attempted to introduce similar bills granting noncitizens voting rights four times in the past nine years, first in December 2013 by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser when she was the Ward 4 council member. Four of the current bill’s sponsors, Nadeau, Allen, Elissa Silverman and Robert C. White Jr. , sponsored attempts in 2017 and 2019.Those bills all stalled because of lack of interest or support, Allen said in a recent interview with The Washington Post.
“Cheh’s ‘questions’ are rooted in age-old xenophobia and racism,” Abel Amene, an organizer with the Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America, wrote to The Post after the meeting. “Immigrants are not ‘complete strangers.’ They are our neighbors, family and friends.”Cheh said her concern was not about whether someone is a citizen or an undocumented immigrant, but rather whether recent arrivals to the District should be eligible to vote.
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