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This question certainly focuses on a fundamental subject which deserves discussion and gets to the infectious worm at the root of the tree ____ noncitizens contaminating and directly influencing the privilege of voting in the United States.
To put the question another way, if foreign nationals are allowed to vote in NYC elections, then what is the reasoning to not allow foreign nationals to likewise vote in all other political jurisdictions, state and federal?
Of course, another question which must be explored is, by allowing foreign nationals to vote in New York City elections, would their vote introduce a contaminating effect and consequences for American citizens living outside the political jurisdiction of New York City, in addition to citizens living within the political jurisdiction of New York City?
Keep in mind the wisdom of Justice Douglas . . . when acts of corruption infect an electoral process in one state “they transcend mere local concern and extend a contaminating influence into the national domain” ___ Justice DOUGLAS in United States v. Classic (1941)".
JWK
“If aliens might be admitted indiscriminately to enjoy all the rights of citizens at the will of a single state, the Union might itself be endangered by an influx of foreigners, hostile to its institutions, ignorant of its powers, and incapable of a due estimate of its privileges." - Joseph Story
This question certainly focuses on a fundamental subject which deserves discussion and gets to the infectious worm at the root of the tree ____ noncitizens contaminating and directly influencing the privilege of voting in the United States.
To put the question another way, if foreign nationals are allowed to vote in NYC elections, then what is the reasoning to not allow foreign nationals to likewise vote in all other political jurisdictions, state and federal?
Of course, another question which must be explored is, by allowing foreign nationals to vote in New York City elections, would their vote introduce a contaminating effect and consequences for American citizens living outside the political jurisdiction of New York City, in addition to citizens living within the political jurisdiction of New York City?
Keep in mind the wisdom of Justice Douglas . . . when acts of corruption infect an electoral process in one state “they transcend mere local concern and extend a contaminating influence into the national domain” ___ Justice DOUGLAS in United States v. Classic (1941)".
JWK
“If aliens might be admitted indiscriminately to enjoy all the rights of citizens at the will of a single state, the Union might itself be endangered by an influx of foreigners, hostile to its institutions, ignorant of its powers, and incapable of a due estimate of its privileges." - Joseph Story