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Putting Students First: Why Noncitizen Parents Should Be Allowed To Vote In School Board Elections, Jennifer Butwin
Putting Students First: Why Noncitizen Parents Should Be Allowed To Vote In School Board Elections, Jennifer Butwin
Fordham Law Review Online
This Essay addresses whether noncitizen parents of school children should be allowed to vote in school board elections. They are currently prohibited from doing so in all but a dozen jurisdictions in only three states. Part I provides background on school boards of education. Part II explores the debate surrounding noncitizen voting in school board elections. It then argues that noncitizen parents’ distinct interest and stake in school board elections support affording them the right to vote in these elections. Moreover, studies show that allowing noncitizen parents to vote would increase the academic achievement of immigrant children, most of whom …
Election Law And White Identity Politics, Joshua S. Sellers
Election Law And White Identity Politics, Joshua S. Sellers
Fordham Law Review
The role of race in American politics looms large in several election law doctrines. Regrettably, though, these doctrines’ analyses of race, racial identity, and the relationships between race and politics often lack sophistication, historical context, or foresight. The political status quo is treated as race-neutral, when in fact it is anything but. Specifically, the doctrines rely upon sanguine theories of democracy uncorrupted by white identity–based political calculations, while in fact such calculations, made on the part of both voters and political parties, are pervasive. In this Article, I appraise the doctrine pertaining to majority-minority voting districts, racial gerrymandering doctrine, the …