The Sushi Bandit
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Mon Oct-20-03 06:33 PM
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Japan poised to give foreigners voting rights |
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http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20031020p2a00m0fp015000c.htmlMore than 1,500 prefectural and municipal governments have adopted resolutions asking the national government to give local electoral rights to foreigners with permanent residency status.
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Mon Oct-20-03 06:41 PM
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Mon Oct-20-03 06:43 PM
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2. Can't get much more liberal than that n/t |
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Mon Oct-20-03 09:42 PM
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Other nations (such as Germany) allow non-citizens to vote. Truly democratic governments should grant voting rights to as many people as possible who reside within its borders.
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Tue Oct-21-03 01:32 AM
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Edited on Tue Oct-21-03 01:37 AM by Paschall
Correct me if I'm wrong: I think you're referring to the EU treaty, which gives EU citizens the right to vote and run for office in the municipal and European elections in the EU country wherey they reside, regardless of their origin.
(Of course, to prevent double voting, if an EU citizen votes in the EU parliamentary elections in a "foreign" country, s/he automatically loses the right to vote in those elections in his/her EU country of origin.)
This is slightly different from the Japanese situation, since all 480 million Europeans within the Union are citizens of that entity.
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