City Council considering local voting rights for immigrants with 'legal status'
Immigrants who are in Boston legally but have not yet gained citizenship should be able to vote in municipal elections, some councilors said.
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Immigrants who are in Boston legally but have not yet gained citizenship should be able to vote in municipal elections, some councilors said.
New progressive faces along with several incumbents will take their seats on the Boston City Council following the Nov. 7 municipal elections. Three incumbent at-large city councilors, Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin J. Murphy and Julia Mejia, return for another term. Henry Santana, a young, Black, Dominican immigrant politician replaces Michael Flaherty as the fourth at-large councilor,...
Three progressive Wu-backed candidates in the closely-watched at-large, District 5 and 6 races, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén and Benjamin Weber, were elected Tuesday night, as part of a change in the makeup of a Boston City Council tarred by ethical and legal lapses.
Three progressive Wu-backed candidates in the closely-watched at-large, District 5 and 6 races, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén and Benjamin Weber, were elected Tuesday night, as part of a change in the makeup of a Boston City Council tarred by ethical and legal lapses.
The winners and losers weren’t all on the ballot, from Boston to Revere.