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Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote, and would allow some 17-year-olds to vote in primaries, provided they turn 18 by the next general election. [22] Nov 5 >50% 1,150,332 77.13%: 341,034 22.87% Kentucky: Legislature: Passed Amendment 1 Prohibits state and local governments from allowing non-citizens to vote ...
The impact they do have, some research shows, is creating hurdles that prevent otherwise eligible people from voting. “These laws, they do nothing but make it more difficult to vote,” said ...
Imagine you voted by mail in 2020, only to find out you have to vote in person in 2024 because your state got rid of no-excuse absentee voting. You then learn the local polling place has closed ...
In 2013, another decision stripped a section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that required states with histories of voter discrimination to get federal approval to make changes that affect voting.
Project Democracy found that since 2020 members of state and local election boards had voted against certification more than twenty times in eight states. Voting rights activists were concerned that the continuing false allegations of election fraud since 2020 might lead to social unrest if efforts to delay certifications at the local level ...
The John Lewis voting rights act would restore the federal pre-clearance requirement in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was struck down by the Supreme Court in a 2013 decision. This would mean that states with a history of voting rights violations would have to seek approval from the federal government to change voting policies.
Earlier on Thursday, the House approved an amendment to the constitution to repeal the state’s Jim-Crow era literacy test requirement for voting. The Senate has not taken it up.
In the 2024 United States presidential election, different laws and procedures govern whether or not a candidate or political party is entitled to appear on voters' ballots. [1] Under Article 2, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, laws about election procedure are established and enforced by the states. [2]