LA noncitizen voting proposal awaits key Monday hearing

A proposal that could eventually allow certain noncitizen residents to vote in Los Angeles local elections is expected to face a key test Monday as city leaders decide which charter reform measures to place before voters this fall.

The proposal was not taken up during Friday afternoon’s meeting of the City Council’s Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee. Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who chairs the committee, told attendees that the panel would reconvene Monday to continue consideration of items that were not heard during the meeting.

Any recommendation from the committee would still require approval from the full City Council before a June 17 deadline to place charter reform amendments on the November ballot.

Among the items awaiting consideration is a proposal by Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez that would amend the City Charter to authorize the City Council to establish what he calls a “residential voting” program in the future for local city and Los Angeles Unified School District elections.



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