You don't have to be a land owner in the US or Canada to vote-- just a
citizen. Are there any countries where you must be a landowner to vote?
Anyway, if in a US municipality all the landowners are foreigners, but
there are renters who are citizens, the citizen-renters would have
complete control of the elections.
David
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Brendan Whyte wrote:
> So what happens if (a purely technical question) a small municpality, say
> Rolling hills in Los Angeles, has ONLY foreign (non-US citien) landowners?
> Unlikely, but highly possible if, unlike in some countries, foreigners can
> buy land.
> Could a group of foreign landowners secede from a municipality to form their
> own, given that they can't vote themselves (presumably you'ld need to be a
> voter to petition for that... or would you?
> BW
>
>
> >From: David Mark <dmark@...>
> >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] dual citizens
> >Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:02:48 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >In the US, even a resident land-owner like me gets no say in local
> >elections if not a US Citizen. Canada changed to that system back in the
> >1970s. In the 1960s and before, citizens of British COMMONWEALTH countries
> >could vote in local elections if not Canadian citizens, but not in
> >National elections. That was changed in the 1970s and my British
> >Grandparents lost their rights to vote in local elections.
> >
> >David
> >
> >On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Brendan Whyte wrote:
> >
> > > >This is true not only for Baarle but for the whole EU since some years.
> > > >Anybody having a passport of one EU member state may vote in the
> > > >muncipal elections of the town he's *living* in the EU.
> > >
> > > What about if you don't live there but you own a house there? Surely a
> > > non-resident landowner gets a say in the municipality that charges him
> > > rates?
> > >
> > > Also, how many of the EU countries allow dual nationality?
> > >
> > > BW
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