{"article":{"id":3682,"heading":"Twelve Ways to Democratize the U.S. Political System: Tenth","author":"David Hanks for Global Exchange","created":"2000-09-06 22:26:47","modified":"2005-08-15 00:28:56","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:28:56","article":"<p>10. Institute voting and citizenship rights for immigrants.  <br><br> Citizenship and voting constitute the most fundamental rights of our society, and no one who lives here permanently should be denied those rights. The Constitution gives states the right to determine the qualifications for voting. In the nineteenth century some states granted non-citizen immigrants the right to vote in elections. Immigrants should have the right to vote or to become citizens within one year. The U.S. should also join other countries in recognizing dual citizenship in order to make it easier for immigrants to participate in our society without having to repudiate their homeland.<\/p>\n","contact":"david@globalexchange.org","link":"www.globalexchange.org\/democracy\/index.html","address":"2017 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94110","phone":"415-558-9486x237","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"10. Institute voting and citizenship rights for immigrants.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/09\/sittingcolorbanners.jpg","filesize":"26.6 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/09\/3682.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2000\/09\/sittingcolorbanners.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2000\/09\/sittingcolorbanners.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}