Illinois Senate Bill would allow noncitizen parents, guardians to vote in school board elections – Illinois Policy

The bill also would require a warning to noncitizens that federal officials could obtain information on their immigration status through voter registration records.
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debtsor
1 year ago

Another unconstitutional bill that will get struck down almost immediately. It’s almost like these progressives hate the constitution and want to destroy it, and the country, with it. It’s a pattern here, over and over again, of legislators trying to pass laws knowing they are unconstitutional, but just not caring.

Pensions Paid First
1 year ago
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I don’t think non-citizens should be allowed to vote but I’m not sure it would be struck down as unconstitutional. Yes the Illinois constitution states that every US citizen over the age of 18 and a resident of the state has the right to vote but it doesn’t say ONLY US citizens have the right to vote. Would the court interpret that ONLY citizens can vote and the constitutional framers clearly wanted to exclude non-citizens? Possibly, but there is also a section that specifically calls out who is excluded from elections. The only people that are excluded are felons currently… Read more »

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