A pair of Republican lawmakers in Congress are poised to introduce legislation that would repeal a law passed by the D.C. Council last year allowing undocumented residents to vote in local elections beginning in 2024.
Cotton and Comer’scomes three months after D.C. lawmakers passed a bill that would allow noncitizens to vote in local elections, following the lead of a handful of small towns in Maryland, such as Hyattsville and Takoma Park, that already have similar laws in place.
Advocates of the bill have argued for years that legal noncitizens should have the right to vote in local elections because they pay taxes and are directly affected by city laws. Opponents have countered that voting rights should be withheld until full citizenship is attained. District lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2021 in mid-October after years of similar proposals failing to make headway in the city council. However, because Washington, D.C., is not a state, its laws are subject to congressional approval — giving Republicans in Congress an opportunity to block legislation they disagree with.
House Republicans previously sought to block measures allowing undocumented residents to vote in Washington elections last summer, withCotton and Comer’s latest push to block noncitizens from voting prompted pushback from local lawmakers, with many using the opportunity to advocate for D.C. statehood.
“I’m sure Sen. Cotton & Rep. Comer don’t think Congress should be able to make and override the laws of Arkansas & Kentucky,”
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