Resolution
 

To Support the Right to Vote in Non-partisan Elections for Legal Permanent Residents in California
 

WHEREAS:

1. Immigrant children comprise a significant population in the California schools; and,

2. Immigrant parents who are legal permanent residents who have ideas and solutions regarding the education concerns n the community have their suggestions dismissed during public imput sessions by local elected officials since they do not vote; and,

3. as students we have learned that taxation without representation is tyranny; and,

4. voting in non-partisan elections at the local level promotes participatory democracy, and a better understanding of the political process; and,

5. it establishes a voting pattern routine that enables the individual to become comfortable with the voting process for state and federal elections when they become citizens.

 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: 

The “Monterrey” Council asks for support from District XII and CA LULAC State Convention delegates to seek support from the locally elected non-partisan officials to achieve the required support from the legislature to enact appropriate legislation to enable the legal permanent resident to vote in non-partisan elections at the local level in order to: 

1. promote participatory democracy; and,

2. infuse the electorate with newly created enthusiastic voters; and,

3. assure that a diversity of ideas and opinions form legal permanent residents are included in the problem solved sessions of elected bodies that hold non-partisan positions; and,

4. enable the legal permanent resident the ability to vote for candidate for their choice; and,

5. empower a disenfranchised community who will become the future voters and citizens in the best experiment regarding participatory democracy in the world.

 Approved this 17^th of April 2004.

Hector M. Flores
LULAC National President