By refusing to bring a bill from the municipal government of Washington, D.C., to a vote earlier today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer saw to it that “noncitizens” will be allowed to vote in elections in the nation’s capital city.
D.C. Bill 24.300, passed by the D.C. Council last year, lowers the qualifications to vote in municipal elections to just one month of residency in the District of Columbia, scrapping the previous U.S. Citizenship or legal immigration status requirement. While the bill was overturned in the Republican-led House of Representatives in February — with 42 Democrats joining Republicans in voting to overturn it — Schumer let it die in the Senate. Per the U.S. Constitution, Congress has the authority to overturn laws passed in the District.
As The Washington Post’s Editorial Board noted, the new law would allow 50,000 noncitizen residents, including 21,000 illegal residents, to cast ballots in city elections. Under this law, foreign nationals who have pledged loyalty to another country, such as Russia or China, would be allowed to vote in Washington’s municipal elections if they’ve resided in the District for more than 30 days.
It is ironic that given all of the hysteria coming from elite circles in Washington about “foreign influence” in our elections, such as the infamous Russian collusion hoax, these same people are now empowering foreign nationals to vote on local initiatives, referendums, recalls, and even changes to the charter of the nation’s capital city.
“Why are Democrats in the U.S. Senate allowing this
