Democrats ‘Divorced From Voters’ as 5 States Back Citizen-only Voting, Bolstering GOP Push
- On Tuesday, West Virginia voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment barring noncitizens from voting. Sen. Patricia Rucker, a Republican who sponsored the resolution, said she was "proud that West Virginia's voters chose to protect the integrity of our elections."
- Tuesday's results bring the number of states that have approved noncitizen voting bans since 2018 to 20. While federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections, supporters sought to preemptively bar local government participation.
- Similar citizenship requirements were approved by voters in five states—West Virginia, South Dakota, Kansas, Alaska, and Arkansas—on Tuesday. Most were constitutional amendments, while Alaska's was a ballot initiative.
- Sponsors argue the amendment ensures future legislatures cannot change election law without a constitutional process. However, Amii Castle, a law professor at the University of Kansas, warned it could be used as a "pretext to say" voters must prove citizenship.
- About 7 in 10 registered voters nationwide favor requiring photo identification to vote, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. These ballot measures reflect a continued push for stricter election rules across states.
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Democrats ‘divorced from voters’ as 5 states back citizen-only voting, bolstering GOP push
Noncitizen voting bans passed in Kansas, Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and West Virginia as election integrity advocates say proof of citizenship has bipartisan support.
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WLTReportVoters in Five States Approve Citizen-Only Voting Rules After Midterms
Voters in five states delivered a clear answer on one of the most basic questions in American elections: state and local ballots should be reserved for American citizens. Measures passed in Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota and West Virginia on Tuesday. Each one puts explicit citizen-only language into state law or a state constitution. The results are especially striking after a rough national night for Republicans. Even where the GOP bran…
Voters in 5 states, including SD, back bans on noncitizen voting while one state bucks trend
Voters in five states approved new citizenship voting requirements on Tuesday while Arizona voters rejected theirs. Proposals to explicitly bar noncitizens from voting were on the ballot this week in six states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota and West Virginia. Arizona voters defeated Proposition 144, which would have mandated that only citizens could register […]
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