Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Non-citizen suffrage
Our pal Neil Boortz comments on giving voting rights to non-citizens who have kids in our schools in San Francisco. I saw councilman Gonzalez interviewed on TV. When asked if this wouldn't set a dangerous precident and lead to calls for non-citizens to vote in all elections (now it is just school district elections) Gonzalez responded that he didn't see a problem with that; that maybe that was something this country should do.
Unbelieveable.
This nutsy idea was started by San Francisco councilman Matt Gonzalez. He wants non-citizen immigrants with children to be allowed to vote in school board elections. He also says that it would be a good idea if these (illegal) aliens could vote in all municipal elections. But wait! This idea isn't that new! In some areas of Illinois and Maryland non-citizens can already vote in local school elections.
Is this going to be the next great liberal movement? It would sure be a good way to cement Democratic power in California, a state where (presumably) citizen voters just voted a Republican into the governor's office. In California there are more births to non-citizens every year than there are to citizens. That should give you an idea as to the potential voting power these non-citizens hold.
I find it odd that immigrants who come to this country to take advantages of our freedoms and economic liberty quickly align themselves with the political party dedicated to the destruction of the very things that brought them here. Democrats are thrilled, though, and the more of these people they can get to the polls, the better.
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