Chinese citizen appointed as election official in San Francisco CA

Coming soon: Noncitizens to outvote Americans as San Francisco names first noncitizen as election official
02/23/2024 / By Belle Carter


Observers were quick to pick up that President Joe Biden and his Democrat administration are gearing up for non-citizens to outvote American citizens in time for the elections. They have started with the San Francisco Commission, which recently appointed a non-U.S. citizen to sit as an election official. This is a first in history.

Kelly Wong, who is not even legally allowed to vote in the U.S., was sworn in on Feb. 14 by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin during a ceremony at San Francisco City Hall after winning unanimous support from the board. The appointment of a noncitizen to city boards, commissions and advisory bodies started in 2020 after voters passed a proposal by lawmakers to remove the requirement that candidates seeking office hold U.S. citizenship.

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According to local news outlet KQED, Wong is an immigrant rights advocate and a native of Hong Kong who arrived in the United States in 2019 for graduate studies.

“This appointment is a milestone for all immigrant and marginalized communities throughout San Francisco,” Wong posted in her LinkedIn account on Feb. 15. “Representation matters: thousands of immigrants living in the city hold stakes in politics and there’s no better way to have us be represented than to serve in leadership positions.” She added that she is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of immigration status, has a seat at the table in shaping the future of the Golden Gate City.


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Lots of links, do a simple search. I apologize if this has been posted already.

So an immigrant from Hong Kong, CHINA who is NOT a US citizen, only been here since 2019 for education is now an appointed official to serve on elections commission after San Francisco citizens voted to remove the citizenship mandate. I guess CA is handing their rights over willy-nilly. I know that businesses and people vacating is starting to be a big deal for CA and it will most likely increase like crazy. They deserve it. But abandoning ship only leaves a empty ship for someone else to take over.

I feel sad for the USA but there doesn't seem to be anything that can stop this crazy roller coaster.

a reply to: StoutBroux

If this isn't considered blatant treason, even by those on the 'left' as well, then I don't know what would be

Imagine if this had happened under Trump, but then anti-communism/anti-socialism non-US citizens from maybe Cuba or so .

a reply to: StoutBroux

Let the California residents sink their boat any way they choose. But when they go down, that whole culture is going with them. All the smart ones will have moved east and will be cheering with the rest of us when the state collapses.

a reply to: StoutBroux

"Observers were quick to pick up that President Joe Biden and his Democrat administration are gearing up for non-citizens to outvote American citizens in time for the elections. They have started with the San Francisco Commission, which recently appointed a non-U.S. citizen to sit as an election official."

This is classic RWNJ bulls##t. Joe Biden doesn't have any control over what the San Francisco Board of Supervisors do or don't do.

originally posted by: Boomer1947
a reply to: StoutBroux

"Observers were quick to pick up that President Joe Biden and his Democrat administration are gearing up for non-citizens to outvote American citizens in time for the elections. They have started with the San Francisco Commission, which recently appointed a non-U.S. citizen to sit as an election official."

This is classic RWNJ bulls##t. Joe Biden doesn't have any control over what the San Francisco Board of Supervisors do or don't do.

Bet he gets briefed and opinions "count" because of Newsome and Breed. The Democrat Politburo is National. 🚬

a reply to: StoutBroux

Nothing surprises me in Amerika.

originally posted by: xuenchen

originally posted by: Boomer1947
a reply to: StoutBroux

"Observers were quick to pick up that President Joe Biden and his Democrat administration are gearing up for non-citizens to outvote American citizens in time for the elections. They have started with the San Francisco Commission, which recently appointed a non-U.S. citizen to sit as an election official."

This is classic RWNJ bulls##t. Joe Biden doesn't have any control over what the San Francisco Board of Supervisors do or don't do.

Bet he gets briefed and opinions "count" because of Newsome and Breed. The Democrat Politburo is National. 🚬

Let's start by acknowledging that you have zero evidence for the claim that he gets briefed.

But even if he did, so what? The POTUS doesn't get to tell individual cities and counties how to run their business. (Just as an aside, this is why Trump's claim that he would solve the crime problem in Chicago and New York if he's re-elected President, is likewise bulls##t.)

Furthermore, the cities and counties in California themselves don't get to decide who gets registered to vote for national level offices--that's controlled at the State level by the California Registrar of Voters, under the California Secretary of State.

I presume that the city and county of San Francisco can allow anyone to vote that they want to on strictly local issues, but what would be the point of trying to get more voters to vote Democrat in the city and county of San Francisco whether by either legal or illegal means? San Francisco is already about 85% Democrat.

This story is laughably stupid.

originally posted by: TzarChasm
a reply to: StoutBroux

Let the California residents sink their boat any way they choose. But when they go down, that whole culture is going with them. All the smart ones will have moved east and will be cheering with the rest of us when the state collapses.

Well, if it stayed only in CA, that might be an option for some, but IMHO CA is still part of the USA and must be protected at all costs just like every other state, in spite of it's self destructing actions. And what happens in CA does NOT stay in CA. The negative effects in CA we eventually will all be paying for in one way or another.

How many Israel citizens are already in the US congress? Most of them? But I guess it is anti sematic to talk about that. At least Australia got one thing right in not allowing dual citizens into parliament.

a reply to: kwaka

Dual citizenship for members of congress should be a no-no, a conflict of interest. Do you know how many Israelis are in congress, especially dual citizenship Israelis? Because I'm not finding anything.

a reply to: Boomer1947

You don't think Federal Aid to Cities has a "price" doya ⚔️


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What is wong with this picture?

originally posted by: Boomer1947
a reply to: StoutBroux

"Observers were quick to pick up that President Joe Biden and his Democrat administration are gearing up for non-citizens to outvote American citizens in time for the elections. They have started with the San Francisco Commission, which recently appointed a non-U.S. citizen to sit as an election official."

This is classic RWNJ bulls##t. Joe Biden doesn't have any control over what the San Francisco Board of Supervisors do or don't do.

So you are saying that the leader of the Democratic party has no say about what the Democratic party does?

Interesting!

originally posted by: Asktheanimals
What is wong with this picture?

People who move out of California should leave most of their liberal mindset behind, in the Golden State.

a reply to: StoutBroux

Do you know how many Israelis are in congress, especially dual citizenship Israelis? Because I'm not finding anything.

Heard one story it about 95% of those in the senate. I don't really know for certain, but it does look like a lot. Would the Epstein case go the way it did if Epstein was a Muslim?

a reply to: StoutBroux

Yes, Kelly Wong is a Chinese citizen. This does not make her ineligible to hold the position she has been appointed to.

In 2020, San Francisco voters passed a charter amendment, in a 54% to 46% vote, allowing non-U.S. citizens to serve on city commissions. San Francisco voters have embraced noncitizen participation in civic life, also voting to allow noncitizen parents to vote in school board elections. Source

You might not agree with the principle, but the people of San Francisco have made a democratic choice. Too bad it isn’t your choice, but hey, that’s how democracy works. If you don’t like it, there are plenty of dictatorships you could go and live under.

One of them is the People’s Republic of China, which has been gradually throttling what little democracy the people of Hong Kong still enjoy under Beijing’s rule. Kelly Wong was a member of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, and migrated to the USA when it became difficult for her to continue living in Hong Kong. She remains politically committed in her adopted country: she works for a local organization in San Francisco called Chinese for Affirmative Action and is also active in the defence of immigrant rights. She is certainly no Communist, as someone claimed earlier in the thread, although she is clearly no Republican either.

She is fluent in English, well educated and seems like a very decent and worthy person. Being an election official is a thankless job, and Americans should be thankful that someone new to the country should volunteer to take it up.

Here is a picture of Ms Wong. She is a human being, not a faceless punching-bag for your rage.

a reply to: Boomer1947

" This story is laughably stupid."

You know what is More Laughable than your Post here ? This Person is a FOREIGN NATIONAL and Not a Citizen of the United States but is given an ILLEGAL Position on City Boards that is Unconstitutional .

a reply to: Zanti Misfit

Are you arguing that more government oversight is needed for states to make their own decisions?

a reply to: TzarChasm

The poor people who had no choice will be all thata left. The people who made these decisions will flee to Florida amd ruin that too.

originally posted by: Astyanax
a reply to: StoutBroux

Yes, Kelly Wong is a Chinese citizen. This does not make her ineligible to hold the position she has been appointed to.

In 2020, San Francisco voters passed a charter amendment, in a 54% to 46% vote, allowing non-U.S. citizens to serve on city commissions. San Francisco voters have embraced noncitizen participation in civic life, also voting to allow noncitizen parents to vote in school board elections. Source

You might not agree with the principle, but the people of San Francisco have made a democratic choice. Too bad it isn’t your choice, but hey, that’s how democracy works. If you don’t like it, there are plenty of dictatorships you could go and live under.

One of them is the People’s Republic of China, which has been gradually throttling what little democracy the people of Hong Kong still enjoy under Beijing’s rule. Kelly Wong was a member of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, and migrated to the USA when it became difficult for her to continue living in Hong Kong. She remains politically committed in her adopted country: she works for a local organization in San Francisco called Chinese for Affirmative Action and is also active in the defence of immigrant rights. She is certainly no Communist, as someone claimed earlier in the thread, although she is clearly no Republican either.

She is fluent in English, well educated and seems like a very decent and worthy person. Being an election official is a thankless job, and Americans should be thankful that someone new to the country should volunteer to take it up.

Here is a picture of Ms Wong. She is a human being, not a faceless punching-bag for your rage.

Yes, I noted in my opening post regarding the mandate of non citizens able to hold positions in San Francisco. However, requiring only citizens of a country sitting on ruling boards of authority within that country is a standard most countries follow in order to keep the interests of the country solid. And for the record, I have no rage.

In this case it's about being a non-citizen. I'm firmly against the infiltration of outsiders within governmental bodies. And considering the relationship with China and the US, the issues we've had with Chinese infiltrators and that China is considered one of the biggest threats to America's security, it simply isn't wise. And she claims to be solid in the English language. Why was she sworn in, in Mandarin?

Are you telling me that a city with a population of 870,000ish, with 170,000ish Chinese Americans, THE MOST CHINESE POPULATED CITY IN THE WHOLE USA couldn't get a US CITIZEN instead of a foreign national????? And btw, Kelly Wong cannot even vote in the elections that she will oversee. Tell me where the logic is in that.

The newest member of the San Francisco Elections Commission, a seven-member civilian body that oversees and creates policy for the city's Department of Elections, isn't legally allowed to vote. Kelly Wong, an immigrant rights advocate, is believed to be the first noncitizen appointed to the commission.

What San Francisco does is most certainly their right. Unfortunately they have a large effect on the rest of the nation.

California has been so successful at bending national policy in its direction that academics have taken to calling the phenomenon the California effect. From labor and consumer protections to corporate governance, energy and animal-welfare measures, California's laws are the most widely copied in the nation. May 30, 2023

www.nytimes.com...#:~:text=California%20has%20been%20so%20successful,widely%20copied%20in%20the%20nati on.

California is losing it's citizens and business' in record numbers and will continue to do so. There's a reason for that.