MA state rep. under fire for foreign suffrage stance
April 20, 2009
Framingham -- Give Massachusetts's undocumented residents the right to vote? Even many immigrant advocates say that should remain illegal.
In recent days, State Rep. Pam Richardson (D-Framingham) has ignited widespread opposition with her idea to give illegal immigrants the right to vote in local elections. To the point she backed down only a day after she said she was in favor of adding the issue to the state Democratic Party's official platform.
'I have been receiving a lot of e-mails and phone calls... I'd say 90 percent are not in favor of this proposal,' Rep. Richardson told our sister publication MetroWest Daily News. 'It's definitely made me think the whole concept.'
Critics say the right to vote should only be given to U.S. citizens.
The O Journal (Fall River, MA)
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