RITE Supports Burlington Citizens to Ensure the Rule of Law in Green Mountain State Elections
BURLINGTON, VT – In a new lawsuit filed today, RITE is supporting two concerned citizens who are being denied their right to live in a state governed by its citizens because Burlington has allowed non-citizens to participate in its elections. As a result, non-citizens now have the power to affect financial decisions that have implications for all Vermont taxpayers.
“Activists are working overtime to undermine democracy in Vermont by extending the right to vote to noncitizens. This anti-democratic agenda is progressing at an alarming pace. It began in two small towns and has now reached Burlington, Vermont’s largest city. Non-citizen voting violates citizens’ inherent right to direct how their communities are governed. This is simple. U.S. jurisdictions should be governed by U.S. citizens. The non-citizen voting movement achieves the left’s goal of legalizing foreign interference in American elections. It threatens the rule of law and must be stopped before it further infects Vermont and other states in this country. RITE is supporting this lawsuit to enforce the constitutionally protected rights of citizenship.”
– Derek Lyons, President of RITE
As noted in its argument to the court, RITE is filing this new case against the City of Burlington because the Vermont Supreme Court previously noted that “[a]vote municipal in name, but traditionally the province of ‘freemen’ in substance, could not avoid the requirements of” citizenship.
CLICK HERE to review a copy of the lawsuit.
