Referenda: Noncitizen Voting Prohibitions Go 8-For-8 in Emphatic Approvals

Voters across multiple states cast ballots on who should be allowed to join them at the polls in referenda directed at voting rights, including the issue of noncitizen voting.

There’s national divide, highlighted by recent conversations on election integrity and immigration. Tuesday’s ballot measures were no different, reflecting a battleground that could potentially shape policy in future elections.

Every ballot measure to prohibit noncitizens voting was approved – all overwhelmingly by 62% or more – in Iowa (76%), Idaho (65%), Kentucky (62%), Missouri (68%), North Carolina (77.6%), Oklahoma (81%), South Carolina (86%) and Wisconsin (70%).

Iowa voters said yes to prohibiting the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote and allowing 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the general election to vote in primary elections.

Missouri voters said yes to prohibiting ranked-choice voting and preventing the state, local, and government from allowing noncitizens to vote.

Additional ballot initiatives passed in Nevada by 74% enacting a voter identification requirement, while one ballot measure in Connecticut authorizing laws for no-excuse absentee voting passed by 57%.

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