Just barely though, and if absentee voting laws aren’t changed soon, it may be open season on the American electoral system.
Lost in the historic pounding delivered to the Obama agenda on Tuesday were some local measures that would make another day like that unlikely in the future. A measure on the ballot in Portland, Maine would have given legal non-citizens to vote in local elections there. It went down to defeat 51.5% to 48.5%. The results were much closer than they should have been. The difference was less than a thousand votes. This time around, the measure failed. You can be sure that it will be back though. Continue reading Non-Citizen Voter Measures Go Up in Flames









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