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Originally Posted by Slava
It's not good enough everywhere else though. New Zealand is one country. I think that the EU is a different scenario because those countries have the economic union. Otherwise, Canada doesn't seem to be an outlier here? Most countries have citizenship as a barrier to suffrage.
And, what benefit is there to allowing this? Is is just because people are here and would like to vote?
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Exactly, this mysterious “good reason” that you won’t explain is not good enough everywhere else, so why is it good enough here?
What benefit is there? I don’t know, it’s democratic, for one. It’s giving people who live here and pay taxes here say in what life here is like, which directly affects them. It engages more people to participate in our democracy.
What benefit is there to letting women vote? or people of different races? or poor people? These are people who couldn’t always vote. Today, depending where you go, some non-citizens can vote and some can’t, some places (in the US) don’t let prisoners vote even if they’re citizens. If non-citizens in the EU can vote, then why is “citizenship” the bar?