The U.S. Constitution provides Congress with plenary legislative authority over the District of Columbia (the District) as the federal capital. In accordance with this power, Congress grants limited home rule authority to the District, and enables District residents to elect a mayor and city council, pursuant to the D…
To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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State and local election officials engage in a variety of efforts to ensure that ineligible voters do not vote. Voter eligibility for federal elections is largely established by qualifications set forth in the U.S. Constitution in the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-Sixth Amendments. Processes for assessi…
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TO PROHIBIT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM VOTING IN ELECTIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND TO REPEAL THE LOCAL RESIDENT VOTING RIGHTS AMENDMENT ACT OF 2022
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Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 489, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform now printed in the bill is considered adopted.
Latest action: On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.