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...Up to one million non-citizens living in New York City may obtain voting rights for local elections if a plan by Democrat city councilmembers is approved.
...Anywhere between 500,000 to one million non-citizens in New York City would be granted the right to vote in local elections if the legislation is approved by the city's 51-member city council, sources told the New York Daily News.
...More than half of New York City's foreign-born population speaks either Spanish or Chinese, and nearly 50 percent of the total foreign-born population is effectively nonproficient in English.
...Similar to the New York City Democrats, elected Democrats in the state's legislature are pushing a measure that would automatically register to vote all eligible state residents who apply for driver's licenses unless they check an "Opt-out" box.
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