A similar question has been periodically raised by summer folks in Maine, folks who pay property taxes but cannot vote in local municipal elections. It is "taxation without representation" but they are not full-time residents either. The compromise in our town was to shift the annual meeting to the summer so they could at least attend and speak to the issues raised.

I don't particularly object to long term resident aliens voting in municipal elections. It's good practice in becoming involved in their host community, even if they are from another galaxy.

At the same time, I'd be tempted to deport some of our long-standing patriotic citizens but that would be very wrong.

Charley Noble