{"id":2251335,"date":"2024-05-23T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-to-bar-noncitizens-from-voting-in-d-c-local-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:02:35","slug":"house-passes-bill-to-bar-noncitizens-from-voting-in-d-c-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-bill-to-bar-noncitizens-from-voting-in-d-c-local-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"House approves bill to block noncitizen voting in D.C. local elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-bill-to-bar-noncitizens-from-voting-in-d-c-local-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The GOP-led House passed a bipartisan bill to block noncitizens \u200cfrom\u200b voting in Washington, D.C., local elections for\u2063 election integrity. The legislation had 52 Democrats and 210 Republicans in favor,\u2064 while 143 Democrats\u200c and\u200c no GOP opposed it.\u200c The bill, H.R. 192,\u200c prohibits noncitizen\u200d voting \u200din D.C. public office\u2064 elections, revoking the Local Resident Voting Rights \u200bAmendment Act of\u2064 2022. The GOP-led House\u200d approved a bipartisan bill to prevent noncitizens \u200bfrom voting in Washington, D.C., local elections, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-upholds-pennsylvania-law-rejecting-undated-mail-ballots\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Law Banning Undated Mail Ballots Upheld by Appeals Court\">emphasizing election\u2062 integrity<\/a>. The legislation garnered support from 52 Democrats \u200dand \u2063210 Republicans, with 143 \u2062Democrats and\u200c no GOP members in opposition. H.R. \u200b192 specifically bars \u2063noncitizen participation in D.C. public office elections by rescinding\u2062 the \u2062Local Resident Voting Rights\u200c Amendment Act of 2022.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The GOP-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House<\/a> passed a bill with bipartisan support on Thursday to prevent noncitizens from voting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-d-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, local elections as part of a push for election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-two Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1793706447844614480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined<\/a> with 210 Republicans voting in favor of the legislation, while 143 Democrats and no GOP lawmakers opposed it. Twenty-five members, including seven Republicans and 18 Democrats, did not vote.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, H.R. 192, specifically bars noncitizens from voting in \u201can election for public office in the District of Columbia or in any ballot initiative or referendum in the District of Columbia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also repeals the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, a D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/code.dccouncil.gov\/us\/dc\/council\/laws\/24-242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measure<\/a> that allowed noncitizen residents of the nation\u2019s capital to vote in local but not federal elections. Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Washington, DC, noncitizens including illegal aliens and foreign agents are allowed to vote in local elections,\u201d Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), who introduced H.R. 192, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepPfluger\/status\/1793651890032680998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a post to X. \u201cNoncitizen voting dilutes the voting power of the citizen voter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His Democrat colleague Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is D.C.\u2019s nonvoting delegate in the House, argued in a <a href=\"https:\/\/norton.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/ahead-rules-committee-consideration-norton-condemns-bill-repeal-dc-voting-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> that D.C. residents should be able to govern their own local affairs without intervention by members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cD.C. laws are matters for the duly elected D.C. Council and mayor, not unaccountable members of Congress who do not represent D.C. residents,\u201d Norton said. \u201cThe almost 700,000 D.C. residents are worthy and capable of governing their own local affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans are pressing forward with election integrity bills with an eye toward the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-accuse-biden-of-playing-political-game-over-border-crisis\/\" title=\"House Republicans Accuse Biden of Playing \u2018Political Game\u2019 Over Border Crisis\">illegal immigration crisis<\/a>, including legislation dubbed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act that <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-roy-leads-fight-save-american-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would require proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716488494520000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2dyxfpdB0XAtZIqaVVdwYr\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gGGiFHVe7Wo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Fox News<\/a> on Thursday that the House would consider the SAVE Act \u201cright after\u201d the Memorial Day holiday, which is next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll get that passed and that will solve that problem on the federal election basis. We\u2019ve got to do that; we have an absolute responsibility,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>The legislative push is unlikely to gain much headway outside the House given that the Senate and the White House, but it still gives GOP lawmakers room to argue they are working to make voting more secure in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-who-has-not-ruled-out-packing-supreme-court-tells-conference-an-independent-judiciary-is-critical-to-a-healthy-democracy\/\" title=\"Kamala, Who Has Not Ruled Out Packing Supreme Court, Tells Conference: \u2018An Independent Judiciary Is Critical To A Healthy Democracy\u2019\">presidential election year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bipartisan effort for election integrity, the GOP-led House passed a bill to stop noncitizen voting in D.C.&#8217;s local elections. The legislation saw 52 Democrats and 210 Republicans supporting it, while 143 Democrats and no GOP members opposed. 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