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The rules on noncitizen voting tightened in the late 19th and early 20th century, as Alexander Keyssar describes in his history of voting rights in the US 3/x https://t.co/Gbyjkm7x3H — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021

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Noncitizen voting was quite common in 19th century America, especially on the frontier. As this short history comments: "Many new states and territories used alien suffrage as an incentive to attract settlers." 2/x https://t.co/9hOHdMoabn — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021

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What happened? The reading suggests 2 main factors: 1) Between the economic depressions of 1873 and 1893, the US entered a period of intensely close political competition. EG the presidential election of 1884 turned on fewer than 600 votes in the state of New York. 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021