Lance corporal is an enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps. The Marine Corps is the only branch of the U.S. armed forces to have the rank of lance corporal. Early Marine Corps rankings included both a lance corporal and a lance sergeant. Although the rank of lance sergeant was eventually removed from the Corps' ranking structure, the rank of lance corporal was established as a permanent rank in 1958.
Right of foreigners to vote in the United States. The right of foreigners to vote in the United States has historically been a contentious issue. A foreigner, in this context, is an alien or a person who is not a citizen of the United States. Since 1996, a federal law has prohibited non-citizens from voting in federal elections, punishing them by fines, imprisonment, inadmissibility, and deportation.
People are usually surprised to learn that non-citizen immigrants voted historically, and are even more surprised to know they do so currentlyâand legallyâin the US. Historically, non-citizens voted from the founding of the US in 1776 to 1926 in 40 states and federal territories (including New York). Non-citizens voted in local, state, and even federal elections. Currently, non-citizens vote in local elections in six towns in Maryland and in school elections in Chicago. And from 1969 to 2002, non-citizens voted in New York Cityâs 32 Community School Board elections.