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Committee votes to prohibit noncitizen voting in D.C. local elections; Democrats call the measure paternalistic and attack timing
Summary
The Oversight Committee favorably reported HR 884, a bill to prohibit noncitizens from voting in District of Columbia local elections, amid partisan debate about home rule, history of noncitizen voting and DC funding. Recorded vote: 25-17.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted to report HR 884, a bill to prohibit noncitizens from voting in District of Columbia local elections and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act.
Chairman Comer argued that the D.C. law allowing noncitizen local voting was a radical change that diluted the privilege of U.S. citizenship and…
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