Le conseil municipal de New York a adopté jeudi une législation pour permettre aux étrangers de voter aux élections locales, devenant la première grande ville des Etats-Unis à prendre une telle mesure.
Cette loi locale, adoptée par 33 voix “pour” (14 contre, deux abstentions) doit permettre aux “résidents permanents légaux” et aux “personnes autorisées à travailler aux Etats-Unis” qui résident à New York et n’ont pas la citoyenneté américaine de “participer aux élections municipales”, selon son intitulé.
New York City on Thursday voted to allow noncitizens to vote in certain local elections, including for mayor, city council member Ydanis Rodriguez, who sponsored the bill, wrote on Twitter.
The city council approved the measure extending voting eligibility to New York City residents who are not U.S. citizens with a 33 to 14 vote, The Washington Post reported.
The measure could affect approximately 1 million adult noncitizens living in New York City, who will need to prove that they have lived in the city for 30 days or longer — the same time required for citizens — and that they have a work permit in order to register, according to the Post. U.S. citizenship will still be required for voting in state and federal elections. Additionally, undocumented immigrants will remain barred from voting in any election.