Trump Election Complicates Noncitizen Voting in S.F.

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The passage of Proposition N made San Francisco the first city in California to allow noncitizens with school-age children to vote, but only in school board elections. Creative Commons image by

By Scott Shafer, KQED News/The California Report
Lost amid Donald Trump’s stunning upset in the election in November was the passage of a controversial San Francisco ballot measure. Proposition N will allow noncitizens with children to vote in local school board elections. But now, with immigrant communities worried over the Trump administration cracking down on sanctuary cities, that might be easier said than done.

“It’s really unfortunate that the national rhetoric and the Trump administration has become so hostile to immigrants that they fear to participate in this very basic American right,” said David Lee, executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee in San Francisco.

Read the complete story at KQED News/The California Report.

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