New York City will allow 800k noncitizens to vote in local elections

Re:New York City will allow 800k noncitizens to vote in loca... by mcstafford on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:20PM (#29865270)

At first glance, the headline sounded likely to be a conspiracy theory from the other side, not something from NPR.

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Re:New York City will allow 800k noncitizens to vote in loca... by detaro on Sunday January 09, 2022 @01:15PM (#29865847)

why? Giving residents voting rights in local elections is not exactly a totally new and unimaginable proposal.

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Re:New York City will allow 800k noncitizens to vote in loca... by gruez on Sunday January 09, 2022 @03:10PM (#29866882)

>not exactly a totally new and unimaginable proposal

that's not exactly contradictory with "conspiracy theory from the other side".

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Re:New York City will allow 800k noncitizens to vote in loca... by detaro on Sunday January 09, 2022 @03:24PM (#29866976)

If something isn't a new proposal, but rather something that's been proposed and debated in multiple places, it seems kind of odd to automatically assume it passing somewhere is a conspiracy theory.

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