California City to Decide Whether Noncitizens Can Vote in Municipal Elections — Epoch Times

By Kimberly Hayek

In a letter of support for Measure DD, council members argue that, over the first 150 years of U.S. history, 40 states and territories allowed noncitizen voting at various times.

“Federal law is clear that noncitizens can vote in local elections if state and local law allows it,” they wrote in favor of the measure.

Carlos Perea told The Epoch Times: “Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party actually defended noncitizen voting as an important part of the pathway to citizenship, while pro-slavery forces at the time tried to end noncitizen voting because immigrants generally opposed slavery. We’re building on Lincoln’s legacy by fighting for Measure DD.”