<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I attended the meeting last night so as to have an understanding of the proposed amended legislation and my take away was (1) have the non- citizens who currently reside in our town to be able to vote in town matters and have a voice; and (2) allow 16 year olds to vote. The non-citizens point specifically to undocumented residents. My thoughts are why would the non-citizens who we were told have been living here for over 20+ years and never gained citizenship even bother to become a citizen when they currently enjoy all the other benefits of citizenship e.g., food stamps, education, medical. If the doors to all these benefits are already wide open to them, why not add voting to the list too? Sorry but I do not agree with this proposed legislation.<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Thank you, <div>Sherene<br><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div></div><div><br>On Mar 7, 2018, at 7:23 PM, Bruce Wernek <<a href="mailto:bruce.wernek@verizon.net">bruce.wernek@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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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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<div class="aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"><b>Legislative Committee Meeting</b></div>
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