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Massachusetts state law specifies citizenship as a prerequisite for the right to vote in state and local elections. Three towns (Newton in 2004, Amherst and Cambridge in 1998) have sent home rule petitions to the state legislature asking that at least green card holders be allowed to vote in local elections. These home rule petitions were not approved by the Mass legislature. | Massachusetts state law specifies citizenship as a prerequisite for the right to vote in state and local elections. Three towns (Newton in 2004, Amherst and Cambridge in 1998) have sent home rule petitions to the state legislature asking that at least green card holders be allowed to vote in local elections. These home rule petitions were not approved by the Mass legislature. | ||
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Massachusetts state law specifies citizenship as a prerequisite for the right to vote in state and local elections. Three towns (Newton in 2004, Amherst and Cambridge in 1998) have sent home rule petitions to the state legislature asking that at least green card holders be allowed to vote in local elections. These home rule petitions were not approved by the Mass legislature.
According to 2008-2012 American Community Survey estimates, Lexington had 23,330 residents 18 and older, of which 6,221 (26.66%) were foreign born, of which 2,410 (10.33%) were not US Citizens[1].
Information
Lexington
- Civic Participation by Asian Residents of Lexington: Experiences, Findings and Recommendations, Lexington 2020 Vision Committee (Dec 13, 2013)
- Census data
- Censusviewer: Lexington Census Data for 2008-2012
State
National
- Wikipedia article on Right of foreigners to vote in the United States
- Consent by All the Governed: Reenfranchising Noncitizens as Partners in America's Democracy, by Gabriela Evia, Southern California Law Review, (Nov 1993)
- The Debate Over Non-Citizen Voting: A Primer, by Stanley A. Renshon, Center for Immigration Studies (Apr 2008)
- Census data
- US Census Factfinder and instructions
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- https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lexington/conversations/topics/40429 - Lexington Demographic Report (March 2014)
- https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lexington/conversations/messages/40453 - Who can vote (March 2014)
- https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lex-polrel/conversations/topics/12653 - 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (Apr 2014, requires registration)
Notes
- ↑ See Lexington Selected Characteristics of the Native and Foreign Born Populations, 2008-2012 American Community Survey