Boy, I can see all sides of that issue. At the face of it, it would seem that if you live in a locality, you should have a voice in local issues - especially if you're paying property taxes there. But in Maine, where there are a lot of "summer people," the wealthy part-timers would have an inordinate effect on full-time life in the area. They might tend to vote for reductions or elimination of year-round services like schools or snow removal or libraries. So, I think I'd restrict voting to year-round residents except for certain things like improvement assessments. I don't see where national citizenship is important in local elections. Yeah, I'd let Jacqui vote. I mean, after all, they let her husband vote, don't they?

Non-citizens voting in national elections is a different matter, since there's a matter of loyalty in international relations.

-Joe-