Immigrant Vote Goes to Referendum ; the City Clerk's Office Confirms That Petitioners Have Enough Signatures to Warrant a Ballot Question On Nov. 2.

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Portland voters will decide in November whether non-citizen residents should be allowed to cast ballots in city elections.

If the amendment to the city's charter is approved, Portland would be the first community in Maine to give legal immigrants who are not U.S. citizens the right to vote in local elections.

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Immigrant Vote Goes to Referendum ; the City Clerk's Office Confirms That Petitioners Have Enough Signatures to Warrant a Ballot Question On Nov. 2.

Portland spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said Wednesday that the City Clerk's office this week certified 4,522 signatures, just enough to surpass the threshold of 4,487 needed to place the referendum question o...

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