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While initial research showed that 22 states or territories, including colonies before the Declaration of Independence, have at some time given at least some voting rights to non-citizens in some or all elections, [14] [4] more recent and in-depth studies uncovered evidence of 40 states providing suffrage for non-citizens at some point before 1926. [3]
U.S. presidential election popular vote totals as a percentage of the total U.S. population. Note the surge in 1828 (extension of suffrage to non-property-owning white men), the drop from 1890 to 1910 (when Southern states disenfranchised most African Americans and many poor whites), and another surge in 1920 (extension of suffrage to women).
Iowa restores the voting rights of felons who completed their prison sentences. [60] Nebraska ends lifetime disenfranchisement of people with felonies but adds a five-year waiting period. [63] 2006. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended for the fourth time by President George W. Bush, being the second extension of 25 years. [65]
(The Center Square) – Polling has shown that a large majority of Americans oppose allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in elections. On Election Day, voters backed up that sentiment. Eight states ...
The Brennan Center for Justice conducted a study of voting in the 2016 general election, finding 30 incidents of non-citizens voting out of 23.5 million votes cast in 42 jurisdictions across the ...
Are noncitizens voting in U.S. elections? A Heritage Foundation database cites just 70 cases over more than 20 years.
In many countries, some subnational entities have granted voting rights to non-citizens. Other countries have granted voting rights to non-citizens who hold citizenship of a country which is a fellow member of a supranational organization (e.g. members of the European Union). In a few cases, countries or other governmental entities grant voting ...
New York City will soon permit its 800,000 residents who aren't U.S. citizens to cast ballots in local elections. Should other cities follow suit? Should noncitizens be granted voting rights?