just in a couple of weeks. how do you feel about this? well, let s break this into two pieces. there s discussion about the efforts to undermine voting, which is now taking place in dozens of states, i think mostly driven by the trump big lie about 2020, not because there was anything inappropriate about the 2020 elections. even the trump election officials said that. but there s these change in the individual states and then there s the question around the filibuster. let s talk about voting first. actually joe manchin and kyrsten sinema on the voting rights legislation are both supportive of both the john lewis bill and the freedom to vote bill. so the idea we ought to have some level of minimum standards that states should not roll back voting rights but, senator warner, he says he s supporting it. how can he support it and say at
decision, right? be the boss, be the mean boss. i don t know, what am i talking about? major change could be coming to new york city voting. city council set to vote on a bill to let some 800,000 non-citizens vote in local elections. we are live at a new york city hall with more on this. hi, alexis. good morning. the bill is expected to pass this afternoon s vote. there is a legal battle here in new york city that is brewing over this. let s get to it. our city our vote bill would allow anyone who has been a lawful permanent resident of the city for 30 days or authorized to work in the united states to cast ballots in local city elections picking the mayor and city council. those people would not have the right to vote for president or any federal or state races at this point. right now there is not much standing in the way of the bill turning into law. take a listen. people pay taxes, people should have the right to decide who are the mayor, controller,
the council meeting will begin this afternoon. that bill is expected to pass this afternoon. some people call it unconstitutional. it s call the our city, our vote bill. anyone who has been a lawful permanent resident of the city for 30 days they can cast ballots for local officials but could not vote for federal or state races at this time. supporters outside of city hall preparing for this vote optimistic. there not much standing in way of that bill turning into law. we believe that all new yorkers should have a say in our representatives in the city. what they are doing. what they need to do.
new york city council preparing to allow hundreds of thousands citizens to vote in elections. edward, if some new york city lawmakers get their way more than 800,000 residents, although not citizen will be allowed to vote in local elections. new york city mayor bill de blasio who has expressed doubts about the bill s legality won t veto it. critics say the bill undermines the importance of citizenship. the our city our vote bill as it is known, anyone who has lived in the city for 30 days and has work visa and green card. it would not allow for state and federal elections. bill s passage would make new york city the largest city in the country to allow noncitizens to vote. about 12 other municipalities