On April 25, the California Assembly passed AB 1401, which expands the jury pool to include resident aliens as well as citizens. If the bill becomes law, California will be the first state to include resident aliens on juries. See this story. Although this is not technically about elections or election law, it is included here because the story stimulates thought about of the role of aliens who live permanently in the United States, who pay taxes, who have a stake in how well local and state government functions, but who can’t register to vote (except in a tiny handful of certain local elections in a few jurisdictions).