San Francisco Gives Immigrant Parents a Voice Through Noncitizen Voting

[bigheadfred]

After talking to other parents at her son’s San Francisco middle school in September, Ruiyi Li was thrilled to learn that she could soon participate in the local school board elections. As a green card holder with limited English proficiency, Li was one of many noncitizen parents not allowed to vote in local elections. As a result, she was unable to participate in the decision-making processes impacting her son’s education. But a measure on the ballot last fall promised to change that by offering her the right to vote in school board elections, regardless of her citizenship status.

http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/san-francisco-gives-immigrant-parents-a-voice-through-noncitizen-voting-rights-20170227

[Fishrrman]

This is a backdoor to "full" voting… nothing less.