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D.C. Leaders Back Non-Citizens Voting - National - The Black Chronicle

(AURN News) — Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and City Council Chair Phil Mendelson defended allowing non-citizen residents to vote in local elections during a House Appropriations Committee hearing this week. “We have a lot of long-term residents here who have the ability to work, they have work permits, and that’s one level of identification […]

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