Non-citizens voting in California: Judge says no, even in left-wing state
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A California judge has ruled that only citizens have the right to vote, striking down a San Francisco ordinance in a ruling that echoes one in New York.
Zack Smith is a legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
On its face, the city ordinance would have applied only to "lawful permanent residents" and aliens authorized to work in the United States. But since NYC’s "sanctuary city" policies bar city officials from differentiating between legal and illegal aliens, this limitation would have been difficult to enforce, if not meaningless, in practice.
To demonstrate just how bizarre this ordinance was, it would have allowed foreign reporters for Communist propaganda outlets like Russia’s Pravda and Red China’s People’s Daily stationed in New York City to vote in local elections.