A bipartisan House voted Thursday to block the District of Columbia's new plan to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections, with lawmakers saying the city was crossing dangerous lines in trying to expand its pool of voters.
Washington is the latest big city to try to grant voting rights to noncitizens, but its plan goes further than the others, allowing virtually anyone — including potentially Russian or Chinese diplomats — to vote in city affairs.
Both measures would still need approval by the Senate and the signature of President Biden to halt the District’s plans. The voting bill would grant the ballot to those who have resided in the city for at least 30 days ahead of an election, and who are not also registered in another state, territory or country. There is no requirement that someone have a legal presence.
Allowing noncitizens the right to vote has become a surprising and contentious battleground in recent years. In recent years, bigger cities have also become interested. San Francisco and Oakland have both adopted policies allowing noncitizen voting in school matters, and New York City attempted a noncitizen voting policy but it has been blocked by a state court.
Backers counter that maximum sentences are rarely given out and the new penalties align more closely with sentences judges actually deliver. Backers also say the new code allows prosecutors more opportunity to stack charges together, so the potential penalty for any given incident might be higher under the new plan.“You can’t call D.C. soft on crime,” said Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat and the city’s non-voting member of Congress.
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