The Immigrant Voting Project is a resource and a network dedicated to promoting informed discussion about the practice of noncitizen immigrants voting. Immigrant voting promotes civic participation, gives voice to one of the last disenfranchised segments of the population, and increases government accountability in immigrant communities.
HISTORICALLY , noncitizens have voted in local, state and federal elections in 40 states and federal territories. CURRENTLY , noncitizens vote in seven jurisdictions in the United states, and another three towns have passed local laws but await state enabling legislation to implement. More than a dozen other cities are—or recently have—considered restoring immigrant voting rights. This website is a central hub for information about and organizing among advocates of immigrant voting rights. The project was founded in 2003 by current co-directors Ron Hayduk and Michele Wucker .
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