Noncitizens shy to vote even when it’s legal

Montpelier City Clerk John Odum chuckled when he was asked how many noncitizens had registered to vote ahead of the Vermont city’s municipal elections in March — the first time they will have the chance to cast ballots.

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Not a single person has asked to be signed up, he told The Washington Times earlier this month.

City residents went through a significant ordeal to grant legally present noncitizens the right to vote. They won an amendment to the city charter, got approval from the state legislature and then surmounted a governor’s veto.

Yet with just a few weeks to go, noncitizens don’t seem to have much interest in flexing their new power.

“Right now, we have zero,” Mr. Odum said.

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