Democrats ‘divorced from voters’ as 5 states back citizen-only voting, bolstering GOP push
Voters in five states overwhelmingly approved ballot measures barring noncitizens from voting, including Kansas, where Democrats scored a major Senate upset, and Alaska, where the Senate race remains uncalled.Federal law...
By Fox News · Fox News
Voters in five states overwhelmingly approved ballot measures barring noncitizens from voting , including Kansas, where Democrats scored a major Senate upset, and Alaska, where the Senate race remains uncalled. Federal law already prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections, but measures approved in Kansas, Alaska, Arkansas, South Dakota and West Virginia clarify or explicitly codify citizenship requirements for voting in state and local elections, with support exceeding 60% in each state. Election integrity advocates pointed to the results as evidence supporting President Donald Trump and Republicans’ argument that their push to require proof of citizenship for federal voter registration has "overwhelming bipartisan support." REPUBLICANS SUFFER HISTORIC SENATE UPSET AS DEM FLIPS DEEP-RED STATE FOR FIRST TIME IN NEARLY A CENTURY "I would absolutely agree that noncitizen voting bans are overwhelmingly popular," Jason Snead, Executive Director of Honest Elections Project, told Fox News Digital. "They enjoy bipartisan support." A 2024 Gallup poll found that 83% of Americans, including 66% of Democrats, support requiring first-time voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The ballot measure wins also come as the conservative-majority Supreme Court prepares to consider a related dispute over whether Arizona can require proof of citizenship on its state voter-registration form and remove suspected noncitizens from the rolls before an election — a ruling that could affect how states enforce citizenship requirements. Meanwhile, related election measures failed in California and Arizona. California’s Proposition 39 was defeated 58.5% to 41.4%, a margin of roughly 17 percentage points; the measure would have required voter ID and additional citizenship-verification procedures. "I would note that the unique thing there is not only that California is openly hostile to the idea of trying to prevent noncitizen…