“Voting is not an American thing.  It’s a human rights thing. Everyone should have the ability to have a say.”

— Monica Casañas, mayor of Colmar Manor, MD

(from the November 14, 2024 Maryland Matters article “Edmonston becomes latest Maryland municipality to let noncitizens vote in local elections”)

The Prince George’s County town of Edmonston became the latest municipality to give noncitizens the right to vote in local elections Wednesday, joining a growing number of towns in the state that grant the right.

A divided town council also voted to restore voting rights in municipal elections for “returning citizens,” or those who were previously incarcerated. That charter change passed 3-2, with Mayor Tracy Gant casting the deciding vote, while the noncitizen ordinance passed 2-1 with one abstention.

Read the entire article here.