Restoring Election Integrity & Trust (RITE) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the city of Burlington, Vermont, for allowing non-residents to participate in its elections.
Rituals filed a lawsuit against City of Burlington A bill that would allow foreign nationals to vote in local city and Burlington School District elections. In the lawsuit In doing so, the city violated the “qualifications for voters” set out in the Vermont Constitution. (Related: Over 240 Democrats vote against DC bill that would repeal law allowing non-citizens to vote)
“Activists are working overtime to undermine Vermont’s democracy by expanding voting rights to foreign nationals,” said RITE President Derek Lyons. press release“This anti-democratic plan is moving forward with alarming speed.”
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— Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE) (@Restoring_USA) June 18, 2024
The city’s annual education budget is funded by taxes through the State Education Fund, which is established by the school board. By allowing non-citizens to vote to elect school board members, they “have the power to influence financial decisions that affect all Vermont taxpayers,” RITE said. Alleged.
“Allowing non-citizens to vote on these issues violates the Vermont Constitution,” the lawsuit states.
November 2018, Similar provisions The city of Montpelier approved a bill allowing foreigners to vote in certain local elections. Two years later, in November 2020, the city of Winooski The measure was approved Allow non-citizens to vote in all city elections.
The Vermont Legislature Montpellier and Winooski Amendments were introduced in May 2021, but were vetoed by Republican Gov. Phil Scott later that June. The state Legislature overrode those vetoes and approved the amendments later that month.
“The foreign vote initiative achieves the left’s goal of legitimizing foreign interference in U.S. elections,” Lyons said in a press release. “It threatens the rule of law and must be stopped before it further harms Vermont and other states across the nation.”
The offices of Scott and Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney Stanak did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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