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According to WP:MOS, generally only complete dates (with specified day, month, and year) should be linked... AnonMoos ( talk) 19:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
The US Constitution Article 1 states that (for House elections) the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.. 18 U.S.C. §611 appears to potentially conflict with that. Also, I don't see any Constitutional power for Congress to govern the manner by which states choose their Presidential Electors. Grover cleveland ( talk) 02:48, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
U.S. Law, including the Constitution for the United States of America, is strongly based on English Common Law, which specifically prohibits everyone who is not a citizen from voting. The Constitution doesn't lay out who is allowed to breath air, either. It's such a simple and straightforward issue that it wasn't thought necessary at the time to include it. The only reason the Second Amendment was included was because some people in our new government kept proposing legislation to ban the private ownership, possession (to keep) and carrying (to bear) arms, hence the Second's "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Clepsydrae ( talk) 21:20, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No consensus. Both positions here are defensible and if the current title is non-neutral, it isn't obvious. In move discussions, WP:COMMONAME arguments are the most persuasive and more research might be needed on that. One of the cited references calls this topic 'alien suffrage', though that has an old-fashioned sound. People might consider some Google Books searches to see what term is most used for this concept by scholars. If useful data can be found, a new move discussion is possible. EdJohnston ( talk) 03:36, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Right of foreigners to vote in the United States → Non-citizen voting in the United States – Article name has WP:NEU issues. It advances the POV that foreigners have a right to vote in the United States. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 21:00, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.
This section appears to flout WP:DATED. It seems to me that it ought to be completely rewritten or removed. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:50, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
The following two assertions in the current lead section appear to contradict one another:
Could someone more knowledgeable in topical details here please fix this? Thanks. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 10:03, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Are aliens counted in the census for the purpose of establishing the number of House representatives? IE If a state has many ( possibly millions of aliens) Do the aliens increase the number of that state's US House members? 2601:181:8301:4510:B90A:30F3:361D:100 ( talk) 16:02, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
I've reverted This edit added mention of Palmyra Atoll (into a section where I can see no relation) because, apparently, its technical status as an Incorporated Territory, which would make any persons born there US citizens. I don't see the point of its addition to this article at all, since such persons (if there were to be any), being US citizens, would be of no concern in this article. On that island, there are no facilities for either citizens or noncitizens to vote. Noncitizen persons there wouldn't be able to vote in US elections. Any US Citizen persons there would be there temporarily, and would have a voting residence elsewhere. If you disagree, please discuss here. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 08:38, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
I see on District of Columbia home rule that there were no District-wide elections from 1874 to 1973. A quick search did not find any info on citizenship requirements before 1874, and I'm wondering if anyone can put their finger on that. -- Beland ( talk) 00:38, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
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According to WP:MOS, generally only complete dates (with specified day, month, and year) should be linked... AnonMoos ( talk) 19:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
The US Constitution Article 1 states that (for House elections) the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.. 18 U.S.C. §611 appears to potentially conflict with that. Also, I don't see any Constitutional power for Congress to govern the manner by which states choose their Presidential Electors. Grover cleveland ( talk) 02:48, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
U.S. Law, including the Constitution for the United States of America, is strongly based on English Common Law, which specifically prohibits everyone who is not a citizen from voting. The Constitution doesn't lay out who is allowed to breath air, either. It's such a simple and straightforward issue that it wasn't thought necessary at the time to include it. The only reason the Second Amendment was included was because some people in our new government kept proposing legislation to ban the private ownership, possession (to keep) and carrying (to bear) arms, hence the Second's "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Clepsydrae ( talk) 21:20, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No consensus. Both positions here are defensible and if the current title is non-neutral, it isn't obvious. In move discussions, WP:COMMONAME arguments are the most persuasive and more research might be needed on that. One of the cited references calls this topic 'alien suffrage', though that has an old-fashioned sound. People might consider some Google Books searches to see what term is most used for this concept by scholars. If useful data can be found, a new move discussion is possible. EdJohnston ( talk) 03:36, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Right of foreigners to vote in the United States → Non-citizen voting in the United States – Article name has WP:NEU issues. It advances the POV that foreigners have a right to vote in the United States. RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 21:00, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.
This section appears to flout WP:DATED. It seems to me that it ought to be completely rewritten or removed. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:50, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
The following two assertions in the current lead section appear to contradict one another:
Could someone more knowledgeable in topical details here please fix this? Thanks. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 10:03, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
Are aliens counted in the census for the purpose of establishing the number of House representatives? IE If a state has many ( possibly millions of aliens) Do the aliens increase the number of that state's US House members? 2601:181:8301:4510:B90A:30F3:361D:100 ( talk) 16:02, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
I've reverted This edit added mention of Palmyra Atoll (into a section where I can see no relation) because, apparently, its technical status as an Incorporated Territory, which would make any persons born there US citizens. I don't see the point of its addition to this article at all, since such persons (if there were to be any), being US citizens, would be of no concern in this article. On that island, there are no facilities for either citizens or noncitizens to vote. Noncitizen persons there wouldn't be able to vote in US elections. Any US Citizen persons there would be there temporarily, and would have a voting residence elsewhere. If you disagree, please discuss here. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 08:38, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
I see on District of Columbia home rule that there were no District-wide elections from 1874 to 1973. A quick search did not find any info on citizenship requirements before 1874, and I'm wondering if anyone can put their finger on that. -- Beland ( talk) 00:38, 31 March 2023 (UTC)