California City to Decide Whether Noncitizens Can Vote in Municipal Elections

Santa Ana in Orange County could soon be the first California city to permit noncitizens to vote in all municipal elections. Measure DD, which will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot, would allow noncitizens to vote in city elections starting no later than November 2028, according to Santa Ana’s city website. About 23 percent of the city’s population are noncitizens, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics. If passed, the measure would allow both legal and illegal immigrants to vote in all local elections, including the mayoral and city council races, as well as proposed sales tax increases and municipal bond measures....