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Non-citizen suffrage
Non-citizen suffrage occasionally alien suffrage (US; archaic) is the enfranchisement of non-citizen residents in municipal, regional, or national elections. This right varies widely by region, though there has been a trend over the last 30 years to enfranchise more non-citizens, especially in Europe.
Non-citizen suffrage can improve political participation. Democracies are widely believed to function better when more people vote, so the wisdom of the crowd can help make more fully informed choices. Examples in New York, Chicago, and Maryland have all shown positive results after immigrants were allowed to vote in local elections, such as school boards.
Universal suffrage means "One Person One Vote", so if immigrants can't travel to the country of their citizenship (Right of return) or don't have either non-resident citizen voting rights or non-citizen suffrage, the ethics and the legitimacy of the democratic process has been called into question. Non-citizen suffrage can help non-citizens to export the democratic best-practices to their home country.
Non-citizen suffrage creates dual transnational voting which violates political egalitarianism and "One man, one vote" slogan. Emigrants can vote in their home country by travelling or through non-resident citizen voting.
Donations by non-citizens to political campaigns from foreign sources is criticized by some as foreign electoral intervention.[citation needed]
For this reason many nations restrict the ability of Non-citizens to contribute to campaigns.
Michael Bloomberg argued in an op-ed on NYC's Non-citizen enfranchisement, that it "[…]devalues citizenship." by removing a major incentive for acquiring citizenship, stating: "Voting is a major reason many immigrants seek to obtain citizenship. […] stripping away that incentive won’t help." Wishing more immigrants to become citizens; arguing that the route to "[…] citizenship is too slow and too restrictive."
David C. Earnest surveyed the practice of voting rights for resident non-citizens, concluding that the practice is widespread and the details varied considerably from country to country. In another 2003 paper, Earnest compared voting rights for resident non-citizens in 25 democracies, grouping them into six categories as follows:
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Non-citizen suffrage
Non-citizen suffrage occasionally alien suffrage (US; archaic) is the enfranchisement of non-citizen residents in municipal, regional, or national elections. This right varies widely by region, though there has been a trend over the last 30 years to enfranchise more non-citizens, especially in Europe.
Non-citizen suffrage can improve political participation. Democracies are widely believed to function better when more people vote, so the wisdom of the crowd can help make more fully informed choices. Examples in New York, Chicago, and Maryland have all shown positive results after immigrants were allowed to vote in local elections, such as school boards.
Universal suffrage means "One Person One Vote", so if immigrants can't travel to the country of their citizenship (Right of return) or don't have either non-resident citizen voting rights or non-citizen suffrage, the ethics and the legitimacy of the democratic process has been called into question. Non-citizen suffrage can help non-citizens to export the democratic best-practices to their home country.
Non-citizen suffrage creates dual transnational voting which violates political egalitarianism and "One man, one vote" slogan. Emigrants can vote in their home country by travelling or through non-resident citizen voting.
Donations by non-citizens to political campaigns from foreign sources is criticized by some as foreign electoral intervention.[citation needed]
For this reason many nations restrict the ability of Non-citizens to contribute to campaigns.
Michael Bloomberg argued in an op-ed on NYC's Non-citizen enfranchisement, that it "[…]devalues citizenship." by removing a major incentive for acquiring citizenship, stating: "Voting is a major reason many immigrants seek to obtain citizenship. […] stripping away that incentive won’t help." Wishing more immigrants to become citizens; arguing that the route to "[…] citizenship is too slow and too restrictive."
David C. Earnest surveyed the practice of voting rights for resident non-citizens, concluding that the practice is widespread and the details varied considerably from country to country. In another 2003 paper, Earnest compared voting rights for resident non-citizens in 25 democracies, grouping them into six categories as follows: