1 week ago - We will be doing everything in ... · The case stems from an executive order issued in March 2025 with the stated purpose of improving enforcement of laws barring noncitizens from voting in US elections....

1 day ago - Congress passed 18 USC § 611, the “Voting By Aliens” law, in 1996. The law prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections, including those for the president, senators and representatives.

1 week ago - In 2021, New York City passed a law allowing legal immigrants the right to vote in city and borough elections. This law was struck down in June 2022 as violating the New York State constitution, preventing it from going into effect. An appeals court upheld that decision in February 2024, though ...

------------------------------... in the voting process.\4\ To enforce those rights, federal law makes it unlawful for non-citizens to vote in federal elections.\5\ Similarly, federal law prohibits foreign nationals\6\ ...

1 week ago - Any impact on the midterm elections is unclear. Federal law bans states from "systematically" removing voters from rolls within 90 days of a federal election. The Trump administration and Republican state officials have made the case that the ...

Amendment. Congress also prohibited non-citizen voting in federal elections through the Illegal · Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. However, states have confirmed · that ineligible non-citizen voters have cast ballots in federal elections due to poorly maintained

2 days ago - He said a decades-old federal law that prohibits a non-U.S. citizen from voting in a federal election, 18 U.S.C. § 611, is unconstitutional. Under the U.S. Constitution, Leibowitz wrote, only states can set voter qualifications, not Congress.

1 week ago - In a 6-1 decision, the court held and affirmed that Article II, Section 1 of the New York Constitution limits voting to citizens.[55] Writing in the majority, Chief Judge Rowan Wilson wrote, "Whatever the future may bring, the New York Constitution as it stands today draws a firm line restricting ...

January 23, 2025 - While no states had permitted the practice in the previous 74 years, Section 611 of IIRAIRA went beyond the existing prohibitions to criminalize noncitizen voting in federal elections, making it a crime punishable by up to one year in prison.[11] ...

May 19, 2026 - In 2004, Arizona voters approved a ballot measure requiring registrants to provide DPOC, such as a birth certificate or naturalization paperwork, to have their voter registration approved. The U.S. Supreme Court later blocked the enforcement of this provision for federal elections, holding that Congress has the primary authority to set the rules for federal elections under the Constitution. In 2022, the Arizona legislature passed a law imposing new restrictions, including prohibiting voters from participating in federal presidential elections and from voting by mail in federal elections unless they provide DPOC.

September 18, 2024 - There are two commonsense solutions ... and maintaining accurate voter rolls. Federal law prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections, but there is no mechanism to enforce it....

2 weeks ago - A person must be a U.S. citizen to register and vote in federal elections. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Reid and Bernat were not citizens when they registered to vote.

July 22, 2026 - However, there is no evidence to ... While federal law prohibits voting by noncitizens in federal elections, prosecution typically requires demonstrating that the individual knowingly violated federal law....

Some people cannot vote after being convicted of a felony or if they are currently serving time for other types of crimes. Rules are different in each state. Check this guide from vote.gov to understand the laws in your state.

2 days ago - A judge ruled that a federal law banning noncitizen voting is unconstitutional, dismissing a case against an illegal immigrant who allegedly voted in 2020.

March 16, 2026 - The New York Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling in a 6-1 decision in March 2025. As of early 2026, 18 states have added language to their state constitutions explicitly prohibiting noncitizen voting.

(D) The Fifteenth Amendment, the Nineteenth Amendment, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, and the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, among other references, make clear that the Constitution prohibits voting by non-citizens in Federal elections.