Sentences with phrase «noncitizen voting»

Mark - Viverito also has also said she supports noncitizen voting, though de Blasio does not back that measure.

With their new clout, progressives in the City Council will undoubtedly take on many of the legislative priorities they've been touting for months, including council rule reforms and passing a new living wage law that would benefit unions and pro-immigrant policies like noncitizen voting, which the mayor opposes.

The issue of noncitizen voting has been in the news in recent days and has become an issue in the NY - 11 congressional race in Staten Island / Brooklyn.

But state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long panned the idea, saying liberals may be pushing noncitizen voting to boost Democratic Party enrollment and «buy votes.»

The authors of that study have downplayed its findings, saying that while «we stand by our finding that some non-citizens have voted in recent elections,» the study's findings about noncitizen voting had been exaggerated and misrepresented.

Not exact matches

«My father will accept it 100 % if it's fair... 14 % of all noncitizens in this country are registered to vote,» Trump claimed.

New York would be the first major city in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections under a bill before a City Council committee.

A fourth case involved trying to recruit noncitizens to vote.

Allowing noncitizens to vote in «certain elections» such as school board elections in districts where their children are educated.

ALBANY — More than 100 specific proposals to revise the state constitution, on topics ranging from term limits to allowing noncitizens to vote in some elections have been presented by those seeking voter approval of a constitutional convention on Nov. 7.

More than 100 specific proposals to revise the state constitution, on topics ranging from term limits to allowing noncitizens to vote in some elections, have been presented by those seeking voter approval of a constitutional convention on Nov. 7.

One last surprise: These opinions are fully consistent with Justice Kennedy's vote in Padilla v. Kentucky, recognizing that ineffective assistance of counsel protects a noncitizen defendant's right to accurate information about deportation before he pleads guilty.