| Candidates Debate Immigration  As the 2010 elections draw near, candidates across the country are debating the nation’s most current and pressing issues—especially immigration. In two neck and neck races in particular, the Nevada senate race and the Maryland gubernatorial race, candidates quarreled over America’s broken immigration system.
Read the full article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coastal Cities Seek to Approve Non-Citizen Voting Measures this November  Measures to permit non-citizens the right to vote will appear on ballots in both San Francisco, California and Portland, Maine this November. If passed, Proposition D in San Francisco would allow non-citizens who are parents, guardians, or caregivers of public school students to vote in local school board elections. Going even further than San Francisco’s Proposition D, a proposed amendment to the Portland, Maine charter would permit non-citizens to vote in city-wide elections if passed by voters.
Read the full article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mexican Drug Cartels Take Center Stage in Marijuana Debate  On Election Day, Californians will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition 19, the “Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010.” If passed, Proposition 19 would legalize marijuana use and possession of an ounce of pot in California for adults 21 and older, permit small residential cultivation and allow cities and counties to tax and regulate retail pot sales. Both proponents and opponents of Proposition 19 have used America’s drug war with Mexico to argue for their position, resulting in the Mexican drug cartels taking center stage in the debate over this controversial proposition.
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