Eight states will go to the polls Tuesday to decide on ballot measures that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote.

The ballot measures in Iowa, Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Missouri and Wisconsin come after House Republicans passed a bill over the summer that would require proof of citizenship to vote. That bill has not been accepted by the Senate.

Some municipalities allow non-citizens to vote in local elections, such as Washington, D.C., and a handful in Maryland, Vermont and California. New York City’s law allowing noncitizens to vote was struck down in court earlier this year.

The wave of non-citizen voter referendums began in North Dakota in 2018, when the state constitution was amended, changing the wording from “every citizen” to “only a citizen” regarding voting eligibility.

Voters in floridaColorado and Alabama passed identical language changes in the 2020 elections. Ohio and Louisiana did the same in 2022.

While non-citizens vote in federal elections is illegal, Republicans argue that there is no proper application of the law and that such illegal voting could influence the results of the presidential election.

Americans at a polling station.

Iowa

The Iowa state constitution currently sets the voting age at 21, but the state has been following the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which sets the voting age at 18.

A proposed state constitutional amendment would require that “only a citizen of the United States be eighteen years of age,” changing both the age and existing language from “all citizens” to “only one citizen.” The amendment would also establish that only those who live in the state can vote in its elections.

On Sunday, a federal judge ruled that he would not block Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s challenge to the ballots of approximately 2,200 alleged noncitizens.

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The ACLU of Iowa had filed a lawsuit on behalf of four naturalized citizens whose records were questioned.

Pate required any potential non-citizens on his list to vote a provisional ballot and return to the county auditor’s office with proof of citizenship in order for their vote to be counted.

a new Des Moines Record/Mediacom Iowa Poll published Saturday found that Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump by three percentage points in the state, 47% to 44%.

North Carolina

North Carolina GOP-led Legislature passed a bill introducing an amendment that would change the state constitution’s requirements for voting.

The document currently says that “every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized” can vote in North Carolina if they are over 18 years old and a resident of the United States. The amendment would alter the language so that “only a citizen of the United States” can vote if he or she has met the other requirements.

North Carolina does not require proof of citizenship to vote, but requires people to swear that they are citizens and are otherwise eligible to vote or risk being charged with felony perjury.

North Carolina is one of seven key states in the presidential election.

Voters make selections at their voting booths inside an early voting site in North Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits)

South Carolina

Similarly, a ballot measure in south carolina would change the state constitution to say that “only a citizen of the United States and this State” who is at least 18 years old and “duly registered” can vote. Currently, it says that “every citizen” who meets the other requirements can vote.

“It does not make it more difficult for a legal voter in the state to vote, but it does make clear that in South Carolina we will not open ourselves to lawsuits by groups that are pressuring non-citizens to vote in elections anywhere in the state “. State Sen. Josh Kimbrell, the lead sponsor of the bill that established the measure, told a local media.

“We have had multiple court challenges across the United States in multiple jurisdictions where some courts have upheld that municipal governments or school boards extend the right to vote to those who are not legally in this country,” Kimbrell said. “We want to eliminate any ambiguity in South Carolina.”

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s Republican-led legislature voted to add a measure on noncitizen voting to the November ballot to amend the state constitution to say that “only” U.S. citizens over the age of 18 can vote, rather than “all” citizens over the age of 18. 18 years old.

Idaho

Idaho’s constitution currently states that “every citizen of the United States” who meets certain age and residency requirements is eligible to vote in the state. The referendum would explicitly amend the state constitution to say that noncitizens are prohibited from voting in any election in the state.

Kentucky

An electoral measure in kentucky proposes an addition to the state constitution that reads: “No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be permitted to vote in this state.”

The state constitution currently states: “Every citizen of the United States over eighteen years of age who has resided in the state one year, and in the county six months, and the electoral district in which he offers to vote sixty days immediately preceding the election, will be a voter in said precinct and not in another place.”

Republican-led states are looking to crack down on non-citizen voting. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Missouri

If successful, the Missouri ballot measure would change the state’s constitution to say that “only citizens of the United States” can vote in elections. Currently, it says that “All citizens of the United States” over the age of 18 and those who reside in Missouri “have the right to vote in all elections.”

However, the amendment would also ban ranked voting, which allows voters to rank their candidates by order or preference. Experts believe that type of system typically favors moderates.

Oklahoma

The state’s Republican-dominated legislature got a measure on the ballot this year that would change the state constitution to say “only” instead of “all” citizens who reside in the state and are over 18 are “qualified” to vote.

The Department of Justice last week sued Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkinof the government for removing from the voter rolls people who had been identified as noncitizens and could not verify their citizenship within a two-week grace period. The state said it removed 6,000 ineligible people from its rolls.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in August that more than 6,500 potential noncitizens had been removed from the state’s voter rolls since 2021. Ohio Secretary of State Frank La Rose also said in August that he referred 138 apparent non-citizens who voted in a recent election. for processing.

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Besides, Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State has said that 3,251 people previously identified as noncitizens by the federal government have been deactivated from the state’s voter registration lists.