I appreciate your efforts to provide nuance to the policy. But the unfortunate fact is that there is a headline, in the Washington Post, not the Washington Examiner, that says NYC becomes the largest municipality to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. I tend to view everything primarily through a political lens, because I re…
I appreciate your efforts to provide nuance to the policy. But the unfortunate fact is that there is a headline, in the Washington Post, not the Washington Examiner, that says NYC becomes the largest municipality to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. I tend to view everything primarily through a political lens, because I really view GOP election wins as a threat to the survival of our republic. It may be a defensible policy, but unfortunately, I think that's beside the point. We need to make it through this next 4-8 years, and own-goals are not helping.
ok - I understand that whether or not you would agree with the underlying decision about allowing these people to vote - you think the decision to do so at this time becomes a valuable weapon for the far right. I see your point. And hate that this is what we have come to.
I appreciate your efforts to provide nuance to the policy. But the unfortunate fact is that there is a headline, in the Washington Post, not the Washington Examiner, that says NYC becomes the largest municipality to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. I tend to view everything primarily through a political lens, because I really view GOP election wins as a threat to the survival of our republic. It may be a defensible policy, but unfortunately, I think that's beside the point. We need to make it through this next 4-8 years, and own-goals are not helping.
ok - I understand that whether or not you would agree with the underlying decision about allowing these people to vote - you think the decision to do so at this time becomes a valuable weapon for the far right. I see your point. And hate that this is what we have come to.