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New York City Democratic Mayoral Candidates Forum: "Voting Rights, Election Reform & the Future of New York"
When: Monday, May 13, 2013, 7PM
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Press Archive
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Press Articles and Photos from May 9 Rally and Hearings in NYC for Intro 410
New York City Council is bringing the idea of giving non-citizens the right to vote in local elections. Our table debates an advocate of this ideal. Real News on the Blaze TV Your browser does not support iframes. Photos from Rally and Hearings Business Insider New York Could Be The First Major City To Let [...] -
Mayor: Let All New Haven Immigrants Vote
www.newhavenindependent.org – BY Melissa Bailey | DEC 13, 2011 3:37 PM As the federal government moves to deport more immigrants, Mayor John DeStefano disclosed a plan on an opposite track: To lobby the state legislature to allow all New Haven’s immigrants, including non-citizens, to vote in local elections. DeStefano (pictured) made the disclosure Tuesday morning [...] -
Takoma Park stands by non-U.S. citizen voting law
www.washingtonpost.com – By Aaron Kraut, Wednesday, March 14, 1:56 PM A state delegate last week challenged Takoma Park’s non-U.S. citizen voting law, 20 years after the city enacted the policy that allows all noncitizens who live in Takoma Park to vote in city elections. Del. Patrick L. McDonough (R-Baltimore County) of Middle River targeted Takoma [...] -
Burlington City Council to Consider Giving Noncitizens the Right to Vote
www.7dvt.com BY PAUL HEINTZ [12.21.11] TAGS: immigrants & refugees, local issues, local matters, politics For most of Harka Khadka’s 36 years, political empowerment has meant the right to speak his own language, practice his own religion and live in his own country. These days, Khadka simply wants a say in how Burlington cleans its streets, [...] -
Reaction to non-resident voting rights
Keila Torres Ocasio, Staff Writer Published 05:25 p.m., Saturday, December 17, 2011 Read more: BRIDGEPORT — New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. caused a stir last week when he said he would like to extend the right to vote to every New Haven resident — including undocumented immigrants. -
Reportage and Interviews on Sinovision
Brooklyn International High School students interview at the November 7 2011 press conference at City Hall video.sinovision.net -
Granting voting rights to all the city’s legal residents is just plain common sense
City Council bill would settle isssue Daily News Tuesday, November 8 2011, 1:20 PM Is granting legal residents the right to vote in New York City municipal elections an idea whose time has come? Read more -
Barrios de Queens afectados por falta de voz electoral
Grupo revive puja por aprobar voto de residentes en sufragios municipales Gloria Medina/EDLP Nueva York — Vecindarios desde Astoria hasta Flushing, en Queens, son los más perjudicados por la política electoral de excluir a residentes legales de votar en elecciones locales, denunció ayer la Coalición de Nueva York para la Expansión de los Derechos al [...] -
Festival por el voto de los inmigrantes en NYC
El Festival por el derecho al voto de los residentes en las elecciones locales se tomó la calle 78 de Jackson Heights, Queens. “Nuestro movimiento sigue creciendo”, dijo David Andersson, del Partido Humanista y líder de esta lucha en la ciudad de Nueva York. El desfile de artistas atrajo a decenas de personas que disfrutaron [...] -
iVote In Jackson Heights
Legal Residency, Citizenship & Voting Rights In Queens August 20, 2011 / Jackson Heights Neighborhood / Queens Buzz. The issues here go all the way back to the American Revolution – Taxation Without Representation. The 1.3 million legal residents are generating taxable income to the tune of tens of billions of dollars and paying taxes [...]
