Legal immigrants in the U.S. who are not citizens say they should be allowed to vote in local elections, including on matters such as school taxes. Ohio is now seeking to become the seventh state to ban noncitizen voting.
“So if my monies are going to be going into a system to fund and make changes in my immediate community, or wherever I teach or I work or I socialize, then I — and other individuals like myself — should be able to put our voice behind individuals that align with your philosophy,” she said.In Ohio, only one small town in modern times — liberal, 3,700-resident Yellow Springs — has approved a charter amendment allowing noncitizen voting on local candidates and issues.
“We’ve been accused by Secretary LaRose of disrupting the election process and being un-American,” Housh said. “I get it. Most communities in Ohio would probably not enfranchise non-U.S. citizen residents to vote. But that fits our community. Our citizens value that diversity and think people who contribute to the community should be represented.”Yellow Springs took its cue from Maryland, which has 11 of the 15 municipalities in the U.S. that have approved noncitizen voting.
He estimated roughly 20 noncitizens were added to the rolls in a community of about 1,000 homes, and said the program has been without incident since it was passed in 2018. State Rep. Bill Seitz, one of the Republican co-sponsors of the Ohio legislation that advanced the noncitizen prohibition onto the ballot, said it is particularly important for Ohio to act because its cities have the ability to tax people who work, but do not live, there.
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