Inside LA City Councils sneaky plan to give illegal aliens voting rights

Will illegal aliens be voting in Los Angeles city elections by 2028?Last week’s 10-5 vote by the LA City Council makes it possible.The council voted to place a charter amendment before voters, giving future city leaders authority to allow non-citizens to vote in city and school board elections.At first glance, that may not sound particularly alarming.After all, voters are not being asked to approve non-citizen voting.Not yet.Instead, voters are being asked to approve a technical change to the city charter, and to trust the City Council to work out the details later.Conveniently, the controversial part comes after the election.The measure does not limit voting to green card holders.It does not limit voting to lawful permanent residents.

It does not even specify that those eligible must be residing in the United States legally.Those omissions matter.If supporters wanted to limit voting to lawful permanent residents, they could have written that limitation into the charter amendment.They didn’t.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story If they wanted to prohibit voting by illegal aliens, they could have written that limitation into the charter amendment.

They didn’t.Instead, LA voters are being asked to sign a blank check.This is not an accident.It is the entire point of the exercise.The liberal Democrats who control LA understand that a ballot measure explicitly allowing illegal aliens to vote would face fierce opposition from voters.So instead they are asking voters for authority, not permission.

The permission comes later, after the charter has already been changed.Supporters insist critics are misrepresenting the proposal.Technically, they are correct that voters are not being asked to approve non-citizen voting today.They are merely being aske...