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Non-citizen suffrage
Non-citizen suffrage is the extension of the right to vote (suffrage) to non-citizens. This right varies widely by place in terms of which non-citizens are allowed to vote and in which elections, 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 all have shown positive results after immigrants received the franchise 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.
Campaign donations by non-citizens from foreign sources is criticized by some as foreign electoral intervention.
Non-citizen suffrage reduces the value of citizenship. A conflict of interest which decreases cultural assimilation or social integration similar to multiple citizenship is possible.
Autocratic countries can prevent the democratizing effects of democratic remittances by emigrants.
David C. Earnest surveyed 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 noncitizens in 25 democracies, grouping them into six categories as follows:
In some countries, some administrative division have granted voting rights to non-citizens. Other countries have granted voting rights to non-citizens who hold citizenship of a country which is a fellow member of a supranational organization (e.g. members of the European Union). In a few cases, countries or other governmental entities grant voting rights to citizens and non-citizens alike.
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Non-citizen suffrage
Non-citizen suffrage is the extension of the right to vote (suffrage) to non-citizens. This right varies widely by place in terms of which non-citizens are allowed to vote and in which elections, 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 all have shown positive results after immigrants received the franchise 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.
Campaign donations by non-citizens from foreign sources is criticized by some as foreign electoral intervention.
Non-citizen suffrage reduces the value of citizenship. A conflict of interest which decreases cultural assimilation or social integration similar to multiple citizenship is possible.
Autocratic countries can prevent the democratizing effects of democratic remittances by emigrants.
David C. Earnest surveyed 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 noncitizens in 25 democracies, grouping them into six categories as follows:
In some countries, some administrative division have granted voting rights to non-citizens. Other countries have granted voting rights to non-citizens who hold citizenship of a country which is a fellow member of a supranational organization (e.g. members of the European Union). In a few cases, countries or other governmental entities grant voting rights to citizens and non-citizens alike.