SomervilleMeetings

25-0913 Order Not Approved

That the proposed Charter be amended relative to extending municipal voting rights to non-citizen residents by inserting a new section placing the question on the ballot.

Sponsor
Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott
Introduced
May 5, 2025
Assigned to
City Council
Enactment #
218920

History

  1. May 5, 2025
    City Council Not approved · roll call: fail Meeting agenda, item 10.5.

Official text

That the proposed Charter be amended relative to extending municipal voting rights to non-citizen residents by inserting a new section placing the question on the ballot. SECTION ##. The city clerk shall cause the following question to be placed on the official ballot to be used in the city of Somerville at the next regular municipal election to be held on November 4, 2025 or the next regular municipal election at which the city can comply with the applicable Commonwealth’s ballot requirements: Shall non-citizen residents be allowed to vote municipal elections in the City of Somerville? SECTION ###. Section ## shall take effect upon acceptance by the majority of the voters of the city voting in the affirmative and the charter shall be amended in the sections relating to or referencing voter eligibility.