Kutheni iWashington, DC Abahlali abanalo ilungelo lokuvota kunye nokumela
Ngaba uyazi ukuba ngaphezu kweyesigidi sezigidi zaseMerika zihlala eWashington DC kwaye abanalo amalungelo okuvota? Ngokuqinisekileyo, i-DC yasungulwa ookhokho bethu njengendawo yesithili ekulawulwa yiNgqungquthela kunye nabemi be-660,000 kwisixeko-ntloko sethu bengenalo ulawulo lwentando yesininzi kwi-Senate yase-US okanye kwiNdlu yabameli be-US. Abantu abahlala kwi-DC bahlawula irhafu yesibini ephezulu yerhafu yengxowa-mali kwilizwe kodwa abavote ngendlela urhulumente wesigqeba achitha ngayo iirhafu zeerhafu kwaye akukho ivoti kwizinto ezibalulekileyo ezifana nokunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo, ukhuseleko lwezeNtlalo, ukhuseleko lwendalo, ulwaphulo-mthetho ulawulo, ukhuseleko loluntu kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle.
Isilungiso kuMgaqo-siseko sidinga ukuba sidluliselwe ukunika amalungelo okuvota e-DC. ICongress idlulisele imithetho yokuguqula isakhiwo sikaRhulumente seDkt. Ngowe-1961, isilungiso se-siseko sesi-23 esinikezwe abahlali base DC aba nelungelo lokuvota ukhetho lukaMongameli. Ngomnyaka we-1973, iCongress yadlulisela uMthetho weSithili se-Columbia Home Rule ukunika DC ilungelo loorhulumente wengingqi (iodolophu kunye nebhunga leedolophu). Kwaphela amashumi eminyaka abahlali beDDC babhale iileta, baqhankqalaza, kwaye bafaka amacala okugweba ukuguqula isimo sokuvota kwesixeko. Ngelishwa, ukuba kube yiminyaka, abaphumelelanga.
Le ngxaki inxaxheba. Iinkokeli zeRiphabliki aziyi kuxhasa ukuvakaliswa kwendawo yangaphandle kuba iSithili sase-Columbia sinama-90 ekhulwini. Ukungabi nabameli abanegunya lokuvota, iSithili saseColumbia sisoloko sihoxiswa xa sifika kwiimali zentlawulo.
Izigqibo ezininzi zeSithili zibuye zenzelwe inceba yeengcali ezilungileyo kwiCongress, kwaye njengoko unokucinga, ababonisi kakhulu. Yonke into esuka kwimithetho ye-gun ye-commonsense yokubonelela ngononophelo lwempilo yabasetyhini kunye nemizamo yokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kakubi kweziyobisi izixhaswe ngabantu baseRiphabhliki, abathi banokuthi iSithili sihlukile kwimbono yabo yokuba abantu bafanele bakwazi ukuzilawula ngokwabo.
Yintoni Ongayenza Ukuze Ukuncede?
- Bhalisa isikhalazo sesizwe
- Shayela umgca weNgcaciso yeNdlu ye-White House kwaye menze uMongameli azi ukuba uxhasa uMthetho we-DC wokuVota amalungelo
- Xhagamshelana nelungu leNgqungquthela kwaye ubaxelele ukuba badlulise uMthetho woLungelo lokuVota lwe-DC
- Dlulisa iLizwi
Malunga neVote Vote
Eyasungulwa ngo-1998, i-DC Vote ngumanyano wokubandakanya uluntu kunye nenhlangano yokukhuthaza ukuzinikela ekuqiniseni intando yesininzi nokuqinisekisa ukulingana kwabo bonke kwiSithili sase-Columbia. Umbutho wasungulwa ukuphuhlisa nokulungelelanisa iziphakamiso zokuqhubela phambili. Abemi, abaxhasi, iinkokeli ezicinga, abaphengululi, kunye nabaqulunqi bomgaqo-nkqubo bakhuthazwa ukuba bazibandakanye kwaye bathathe inxaxheba kwiimbali zabo.