Voters in Wisconsin have rejected a poll measure amending the state’s structure to explicitly prohibit international nationals from voting in any election within the state.
The poll measure was a part of a nationwide GOP push to focus on authorized non-citizen voting in native elections and unlawful voting in state, native and federal elections, an especially uncommon incidence.
Some cities across the nation enable international residents to vote domestically, for example in metropolis council or college board elections.
No cities in Wisconsin at the moment enable non-citizen voting at any degree.
However the referendum, like comparable ones in seven states, saved the problem on the poll.
Authorized non-citizen voting is commonly conflated in political discourse with unlawful voting, a uncommon phenomenon that’s nonetheless acquired nationwide consideration.
Home Republicans this Congress pushed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which might have elevated proof-of-citizenship necessities for voter registration.
The invoice finally died, confronted with sure rejection within the Senate.
Voters in North Carolina, one other swing state, voted on an identical measure, as did voters in Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kentucky.
