[jcims]

>I’ve been thinking the past couple of years you should be able to vote in local elections in the area you work in, even if you don’t live there.

Makes sense to me, especially if you are paying local income taxes in that area. I seem to recall from high school that 'taxation without representation' caused a big kerfluffle a couple hundred years ago.

[opportune]

I don’t think there are local income taxes (at least visible to the employee) but they are IMO a part of the community, pay taxes indirectly (property taxes where they work, sales taxes, etc.) and should have a say because of that.

[jcims]

Ahh, maybe in CA. In Ohio you have to pay income taxes where you work and where you live. If they are different places then there are usually some kind of weird commuter credits that never actually offset the difference.