<div dir="auto">It's a myth that undocumented workers don't pay taxes. You use a different identification number to file.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See an article about this:</div><div dir="auto"><br><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/undocumented-and-paying-taxes-they-seek-a-foothold-in-the-american-dream/2017/03/11/bc6a8760-0436-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?utm_term=.075aa338a118">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/undocumented-and-paying-taxes-they-seek-a-foothold-in-the-american-dream/2017/03/11/bc6a8760-0436-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html?utm_term=.075aa338a118</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regardless I stand by my original statement, I think it would be great to allow more town residents to be involved in our democracy.</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 9, 2018 10:11 AM, "Lisa Martin" <<a href="mailto:lisamarymartin@verizon.net">lisamarymartin@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>
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<br></div><div><br></div>Just because someone isn't a US citizen does not mean they don't pay taxes. There are many different circumstances affecting whether someone is or can become a US citizen -for example, someone might have gotten a green card and not be eligible to become a citizen yet or someone in the Temporary Protected Status program could have lived in the US
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<div>I've attached the Proposed Legislation for "Voting Expansion" because it wasn't available on the RP website when I checked. </div>
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<div>In summary, the proposed legislation removes the requirement of being a US citizen to vote in Riverdale Park (RP). In addition, a non citizen will be able to vote if they are a resident of RP for 30 days. Not sure how the Town is going to determine if a non citizen has lived here for 30 days. </div>
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<div>I urge all of you to review the attachment carefully and contact your Council person or Mayor as you see fit. Attending the meeting and voicing your opinion won't hurt either. This is a major, I repeat major change to RP's voting law.</div>
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