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10. I have no problem with this.

Thu May 9, 2013, 02:50 PM

May 2013

In some places women were allowed to vote in local elections before women had the right to vote in national elections.

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New York Could Be America's First City To Let Non-Citizens Vote [View all] FarCenter May 2013 OP

I am not sure I how I feel about this. hrmjustin May 2013 #1

I'm married to JustAnotherGen May 2013 #4

NY voting rolls are a mess and this would make it worse. hrmjustin May 2013 #5

NYC area? JustAnotherGen May 2013 #11

Yes the Metro area. hrmjustin May 2013 #12

This is a disaster waiting to happen Politicalboi May 2013 #2

+100000 JustAnotherGen May 2013 #3

Why? Voting is the one perks of being a citizen SpartanDem May 2013 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #18

If you move to any of these 63 places, you would have voting rights. Luminous Animal May 2013 #19

It makes sense to let residents vote in local elections. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #7

Here's a minimum requirement: brooklynite May 2013 #8

That requires Albany Action and that will not happen. hrmjustin May 2013 #9

I have no problem with this. DURHAM D May 2013 #10

In my hometown, women started in 1756. hughee99 May 2013 #15

I did not know this, thank you for the info. hrmjustin May 2013 #14

I was going to point this out nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #17

Most of the U.S. allowed non-citizen voting until the early 20th century. Luminous Animal May 2013 #16