New York City has become the first major US city to pass legislation allowing non-US citizens to vote in local elections
Several US states have taken steps to restrict minority voting rights following unfounded allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
The local law, adopted on Thursday by 33 votes to 14, with two abstentions, will allow lawful permanent residents and persons authorised to work in the United States who reside in New York and do not have US citizenship to participate in municipal elections. The measure could affect around a million foreigners living in New York, which has some nine million residents.The cultural and economic capital of the eastern seaboard is a Democratic and progressive bastion and adopted the measure at a time when debates on immigration and voting rights are raging in the country.
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