If approved, the parents and guardians of Oakland children under the age of 18 and who are eligible to attend Oakland public schools could vote for school board directors.
OAKLAND — Thousands of noncitizen parents of Oakland Unified students would be allowed to vote in school board elections if a proposal by city leaders makes it to the ballot and is approved by city residents.
As envisioned by Kalb and Reid, the measure would not distinguish between immigrants who have legal residency or work status and those who are undocumented. They said approximately 13,000 people could be eligible to vote. In 2016, San Francisco became one of the first cities in recent history to allow noncitizen parents to vote in school board elections.
San Jose councilmember and mayoral candidate Dev Davis voted against the idea. In a blog post on her mayoral campaign website, Davis says “voting is a right and responsibility of citizenship” — a view shared by other opponents across the country who believe people must accept the duties of citizenship before they can vote. They also argue that allowing immigrants to vote will remove a motive for seeking citizenship.
“His needs were ignored,” she said in Spanish. “Parents like me need to be able to vote so we are not ignored.”
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