8 states overwhelmingly approve noncitizen voting ballot measures

Voters in multiple states approved ballot measures that will allow only American citizens to vote in elections. Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin all passed the constitutional amendments that will require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote.

Voters in all of the eight states where the measure appeared approved it overwhelmingly by 62% or more . It’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in elections in those states and at the federal level.

The amendments passed will modify existing language in those states’ constitutions to state that “only” citizens can vote. It currently says that “every citizen” or “all citizens” can do so…

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