Eight states pass measures to protect election transparency and reinforce that noncitizens cannot vote

Eight states passed constitutional amendments to reinforce that only US citizens can vote in elections in the states where the vote was held. The projection of the vote was made by NBC News.

It involves the states of Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin. The decision to strengthen voting supervision was approved with what NBC described as "clear majorities."

Clear majorities of voters in the aforementioned states "passed constitutional amendments making it explicitly illegal for noncitizens to vote in state and local elections — even though it’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in elections in those states and at the federal level and even though it rarely happens." NBC highlighted.

It was then learned that, for example, in Idaho and Kentucky, the amendments will include language modifications in the constitutions stating that "no person who is not a citizen of the United States" may vote.

"The amendments passed in Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin will modify existing language in those states’ constitutions to state that 'only' citizens can vote. Current language states that 'every citizen' or 'all citizens' can do so" NBC said.

The measures come after an election in which the purging of voter rolls made headlines because of the large number of people registered to vote without having US citizenship.