When non- U.S. citizens vote
When non- U.S. citizens vote
- April 9, 2009
- A book by Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies department chair and political science associate professor, is featured in the Miami Herald on April 7, 2009
First paragraph:
Pity the voters of Maine. Once America's leading political aphorism for their reliability
in picking presidential winners (''As Maine goes, so goes the nation''), they were
reduced to a national wisecrack after their state was one of only two to choose Alf
Landon over Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 (``As Maine goes, so goes Vermont''). Now they're
about to be outsourced: The state is considering a bill that would abolish U.S. citizenship
as a requirement for voting in local elections. Somehow, ``as Mogadishu goes, so goes
Maine'' just doesn't have the same ring.
For the full story, please visit http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other-views/story/987795.html
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