Democracy For All Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights In The United States, H

Democracy For All : Restoring Immigrant Voting Rights In The United States, Hardcover by Hayduk, Ronald, ISBN 0415950724, ISBN-13 9780415950725, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK From 1776 to 1926 as many as 40 states and federal territories permitted non-citizens to vote in local, state, and even national elections, says Hayduk, so notion that non-citizens should have the vote is older, was practiced longer, and is more consistent with democratic ideals than the idea that they should not. He argues that it is time for the US to return to its senses and its values. After reviewing the history, he looks at demographic change and political mobilization; the case for immigrant voting rights; contemporary immigrant voting in Maryland, New York, and Chicago; and ongoing campaigns in several states.