Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "Should illegal immigrants be allowed to vote? New York reacts" video.

There was never a proposal to allow "illegal immigrants" to vote in NYC local elections. It was for legal Permanent Residents...green card holders. They are NOT illegal, but they are NOT US citizens. The title of you video is completely disingenuous and misleading. The US Constitution does NOT prevent non-citizens from voting in STATE or LOCAL elections. Neither does federal law. The US Constitution and Federal law address ONLY federal elections. Federal law expressly ALLOWS states and municipalities to allow non-citizens to vote in state or local elections, provided it does not violate state or local laws...18 U.S. Code § 611 (a)(1)(2)(3) Only TWO states ban non-citizens from voting in state or local elections with their State Constitutions, North Dakota and Arizona. Some others prevent it with state laws. Many municipalities in the US already allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. NYC would not be the first, just the largest. The ironic part is, the same people who oppose voter ID for federal elections would REQUIRE ID for non-citizens to vote in state or local elections. Voters in NYC would have to prove they are LEGALLY PRESENT in the US and are residents of the precinct where they vote. 🤷‍♂
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You know little to nothing about voting laws OR becoming a citizen. You should probably comment on some other topic. The US Constitution does NOT prevent non-citizens from voting in STATE or LOCAL elections. Neither does federal law. The US Constitution and Federal law address ONLY federal elections. Federal law expressly ALLOWS states and municipalities to allow non-citizens to vote in state or local elections, provided it does not violate state or local laws...18 U.S. Code § 611 (a)(1)(2)(3) Only TWO states ban non-citizens from voting in state or local elections with their State Constitutions, North Dakota and Arizona. Some other states prevent it with state laws. Many municipalities in the US already allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. NYC would not be the first, just the largest. A person cannot just "register, take the test, and become a citizen". After the initial process of requesting to be admitted to the US LEGALLY (which itself can take anywhere from 1-14 years depending on the circumstances) a person must reside in the USA for 3-5 years (again, depending on the circumstances of initial entry) and THEN apply for citizenship, which takes another 12-18 months before you get to take the citizenship test (which 97% of native born US adult citizens can't pass). All of this costs thousands of dollars and requires no less than 3 background checks, interviews, medical exams, vaccinations...all of which the prospective immigrant pays for. They are fingerprinted and photographed for each of these processes. After initial legal entry the Legal Permanent Resident must file income tax returns every year, even if they had no income of their own, report their current address to USCIS and update their address anytime they move. When applying for citizenship, they must provide all tax returns and any change of address notifications, records of marriage/divorce/name change, and records of ANY violations of law...including traffic tickets...with the final disposition of any such case. They must also report each and every time the left the USA for more than 24 hours, for how long and for what purpose, along with documentation of that, such as passport stamps. I'm not guessing.
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@USA1962Win NP. Thank you.
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@anotheronebitesthedust8697 You can no longer use the excuse of being ignorant. Now you're just lying. Why? I didn't miss anything. You did. Read (2) and (3). That is why I listed ALL those sub-paragraphs. (2)aliens are authorized to vote for such other purpose under a State constitution or statute or a local ordinance; and (3)voting for such other purpose is conducted independently of voting for a candidate for such Federal offices, in such a manner that an alien has the opportunity to vote for such other purpose, but not an opportunity to vote for a candidate for any one or more of such Federal offices. Why do you hate the US Constitution and state and local laws?
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