Noncitizens who live in San Francisco will continue to be allowed to vote in school board elections, a court ruled Tuesday.
The California Court of Appeal said that Proposition N, which was passed by the city's voters in 2016, is permissible under the state's Constitution and under the City Charter. Under Proposition N, noncitizen residents who are adult parents or guardians of children under 19 living in the city to vote in board elections.."First, neither the plain language of the Constitution nor its history prohibits legislation expanding the electorate to noncitizens.
Second, the relevant constitutional provisions authorizing home rule permit charter cities to implement such an expansion in local school board elections.", where voters ousted embattled members Alison Collins, Faauuga Moliga and Gabriella Lopez. According to the City Attorney's office, the election had the highest participation of noncitizen voters since the program was implemented.
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