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Resident urges council to verify voter rolls, questions student voting from Wesleyan
Summary
Resident Joan Lesca urged the council to confirm voter-registration rolls and prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections, expressing concern about student registrations from Wesleyan University and asking council members to press state legislators for changes.
Joan Lesca told the council she is concerned that noncitizens or ineligible people may be getting onto local voter rolls and urged officials to verify the lists ahead of the upcoming election.
"I feel very strongly that illegals should not be able to vote in our federal election in particular. It's against the law," Lesca said, asking the council to "verify that we have a clean roll" and to approach state representatives about changing rules she said allow college students to register locally. She said she had heard — but did not present direct proof — that some Wesleyan students are added to the rolls based on college letters and argued students do not have "skin in the game" when city budgets and referenda are decided.
Lesca's remarks were delivered during public comment; the meeting record contains no administrative reply or verification action during the session. The concern raised pertains to registration policy and state law; the speaker suggested engaging state representatives rather than taking municipal-only action.
