Alderman wants to allow noncitizens in Carrboro (N.C.) to vote

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Associated Press / May 13, 2006
Alderman wants to allow noncitizens in Carrboro to vote

CARRBORO, N.C. - A Carrboro alderman wants to make his city the first in North Carolina to let noncitizens vote.

At a meeting Friday between the Board of Aldermen and the Orange County legislative delegation, John Herrera asked the state lawmakers to take the topic to the General Assembly.

Herrera, a U.S. citizen who is a native of Costa Rica, said allowing future U.S. citizens and legal residents to vote in municipal elections will put them on the path to citizenship.

"In Carrboro, we would really like to be the pilot project in this," Herrera said...

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