A few cities in Japan within the past 2 years have given permanent foreign
residents the right to vote in municipal elections.  The primary argument for
this was that long term residents, whether citizens or noncitizens, all have
an interest in the success of their cities.  The driving force behind this,
though, were foreigners who saw the unfairness in having to support city
services without having a say as to how those services were to be delivered.

Brian Hanninen
Cedar-Riverside
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