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Re:New York City will allow 800k noncitizens to vote in loca... by naturalauction on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:30PM (#29865379)
>Those who are here illegally

The article explicitly states that only certain legal residents will be allowed to vote.

Also, green card holders and immigrants with other statuses in NYC have significantly less income than both naturalized and U.S. born citizens(see figure 8 in [0]).

I’m currently living in a jurisdiction that allows most immigrants to vote. All resident EU citizens can vote in local elections in the UK, and all resident Commonwealth citizens can vote in all elections. I don’t think members of these groups vote overwhelmingly for free stuff or for tax breaks.

[0]. https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/opportunity/pdf/immigrant-povert...

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Re:New York City will allow 800k noncitizens to vote in loca... by blibble on Sunday January 09, 2022 @03:06PM (#29866852)
> All resident EU citizens can vote in local elections in the UK

no longer the case from Jan 1 2021 (except for those grandfathered in)

it's now dependent on bilaterals with individual countries (e.g. Spain, Poland and others have mutual arrangements with with the UK)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-voting-righ...

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