Government
Jul. 28, 2023
San Francisco argues for allowing noncitizens to vote
“At no time have the relevant provisions of the California Constitution stated that non-citizens are categorically prohibited from voting,” Deputy City Attorney Wayne Snodgrass told the 1st District Court of Appeal.
The City and County of San Francisco continued its fight to revive its noncitizen voting program for local school board elections on Thursday, delivering oral argument in an appeal of a July 2022 order from a Superior Court judge who found the voting rule to be unconstitutional.
Proposition N, approved by 54% percent of San Francisco voters in 2016, allows parents to vote in the school board elections whether or not they are U.S. citizens....
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