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Wisconsin voters to decide referendum on banning noncitizens from voting

Voters in the battleground state of Wisconsin will go to the polls in November to decide whether to amend the state constitution to explicitly ban noncitizens from voting in municipal, state and federal elections. The statewide referendum authored by Republican lawmakers, listed at the bottom of the ballot, seeks permission to amend Article 3, Section […]

Stop Designating Voters Flagged as Noncitizens as ‘Inactive’ Ahead of Election

A federal judge has ruled that Alabama's secretary of state must suspend a program that flagged thousands of registered voters as noncitizens until after the November election. Judge Anna M. Manasco, appointed by former President Donald Trump in 2020, said Tuesday that Alabama should stop designating these voters as “inactive” with the election just three […]

Rhode Island officials prompted possible noncitizens to register to vote: Report

Officials in one of those states, Rhode Island, America's bluest statereportedly sent notices to potential noncitizens urging them to register to vote. In 2021, Rob Locke, then director of elections at the Rhode Island Department of State and now deputy secretary and director of administration, was in an email exchange with Kyle Upchurch, program manager […]

DoJ Sues Virginia Over Removal Of Non-Citizens From Voter Lists

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against “the State of Virginia, the Virginia State Board of Elections, and the Virginia State Board of Elections” over the state's implementation of a 2006 law that removed noncitizens from voter lists. He announced that he would wake up. In a press release Friday, the Department […]