California City to Decide Whether Noncitizens Can Vote in Municipal Elections

Residents of Orange County, Calif., drop off ballots at the Orange County Registrar of Voters offices in Santa Ana on Nov. 8, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Santa Ana in Orange County could soon be the first California city to permit noncitizens to vote in all municipal elections.

Measure DD, which will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot, would allow noncitizens to vote in city elections starting no later than November 2028, according to the City of Santa Ana website. About 23 percent of the city’s population are noncitizens, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.