Council tries giving voting rights to voiceless

Ydanis Rodriguez's bill could provide 800,000 non-citizens access to ballot box

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER
Posted 12/2/21

There was a time when Mino Lora didn’t have the right to vote. It was 20 years ago, and she had just arrived from the Dominican Republic. Lora wasn’t alone, of course. The right to vote is only a right for those who are citizens of this country.

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