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800,000 Noncitizens Allowed to Vote in NYC Elections

New York City Mayor Eric Adams allowed a measure to become law on Jan. 9 making about 800,000 noncitizens in the city eligible to vote in municipal elections.
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The bill was approved by the City Council on Dec. 9, 2021, giving the mayor 30 days to veto; Adams allowed it to become law without any action. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio had expressed concerns about the measure but declined to veto it before leaving office on Dec. 31.
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The law applies to legal permanent residents, people with working papers, and so-called Dreamers, as long as they’ve been residents of the city for 30 consecutive days.
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The law doesn’t apply to state or federal elections.

These noncitizen voters also can apply to cast an absentee ballot for municipal elections.

Adams was initially concerned about the 30-day residency requirement. But he told CNN on Jan. 9, “After hearing their rationale and their theories behind it, I thought it was more important to not veto the bill.”

He said that in Brooklyn, where he was the borough president, 47 percent of residents don’t speak English at home.

People, that's exactly how you can destroy a county.
 How they hell did they ever think it makes sense that anybody living there has a right to vote?
So if a Mara or MS gangster shows up there, he will be able to pick a mayor that hates  cops?
They've simply lost all common sense and the worst is that NY mayor believed in the "theories" they told him.
So if somebody comes to his office and tells him that unicorns, phoenix birds and ET aliens exist, he will buy their fairy tales in no time?
Only legal citizens should be allowed to vote anywhere.
Next thing they could come up with would be that any alien including Alf could become their next mayor.

New York Republican Party Chairman Nick Langworthy criticized the law as “perhaps the worst idea out of New York City Democrats.”

“This radical legislation is unconstitutional, un-American, and downright dangerous. This not only will undermine the credibility of local city elections but will undoubtedly interfere with the integrity of state and national elections across New York State,” Langworthy told reporters before the City Council approved the bill.