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Sebastian Hallum Clarke's avatar

I love this thought exercise to reconceptualize what it means to be an active and engaged participant in politics and civic life. I am not eligible to vote in NYC elections (I'm not a US citizen), but I am very engaged with our city's political issues and work to make progress on topics that I care about, like housing and transportation.

I'd like to be able to vote, so that I could have a bit more of an impact, but the non-electoral parts of politics are still very important and where I'm able to focus my efforts. Either way, in a couple of years I'll likely be naturalized as a US citizen or the NYC law allowing immigrants to vote in municipal elections will clear its way through the courts [1].

1: https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/06/appeals-court-considers-arguments-non-citizen-voting/387875/

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Kiran's avatar

Brilliant piece Daniel! Hadn't reconciled the difference between electoral and governance politics and how the idea of Secret Congress plays into that

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