Eight US states to vote on amendments to ban noncitizen voters


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  • Thursday, 03 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: A precinct official performs logic and accuracy testing on voting machines ahead of the upcoming general election, at Wake County Board of Elections headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight U.S. states are asking to ban noncitizens from voting even though it is already illegal, and critics say it is part of a plan by Donald Trump and his Republican allies to challenge the presidential election result if he loses again on Nov. 5.

The states include two that are expected to help decide the election. The measures, on the Nov. 5 ballot, seek to amend state constitutions. Trump, the Republican Party candidate, says noncitizen votes could skew the election outcome.

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