Party motivation: Conditions for noncitizen voting rights legislation at the local level?

• In Event: Noncitizens Participating in Politics: From Voting to Religious Participation

Brief Overview

Are efforts of noncitizen enfranchisement strategically motivated? In a cross-case comparison, the author argues that favorability among party supporters for immigrants and a party’s electoral safety determines the potential for enfranchisement.

Author

• Grace Christine Hartzell, University of Texas at Austin