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Can Russian and Chinese Agents Legally Vote in Washington, DC?

  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -11% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

81% : "The Post also pointed out that this bill would allow both illegal aliens and foreign nationals working at foreign embassies to vote in D.C. elections.
56% : "Mayor Bowser expressed opposition by withholding her signature on the Act -- something she has done only a handful of times over the course of her tenure," said a report on the act published by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
54% : "The law makes no exceptions for foreign diplomats or agents who have interests that are the opposite of ours.
53% : "The Act makes no exception for foreign diplomats or agents voting in the District.
52% : "Specifically, under District of Columbia law, non-citizen residents may vote in District of Columbia elections held for the offices of Mayor, Attorney General, member(s) of the DC Council, member(s) of the State Board of Education, or Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner(s), or to vote on initiative, referendum, recall, or charter amendment measures that appear on District of Columbia ballots," say the instructions.
49% : "The D.C. Board of Elections has posted online instructions for how foreign nationals can vote in D.C. elections.
43% : "The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly prohibit what the D.C. bill seeks to do, but a law signed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton bans noncitizens from voting in federal contests," said the Post.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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