Why only Citizen Voting?
Non-Citizen Voting in the United States
Cities and counties across the country are allowing non-citizens, generally green card holders but sometimes people that are not here legally, to vote in elections.
Check out what is happening in each state
| State with “only citizens can vote” laws |
| State voting on “only citizen voting” laws in 2026 |
| State that Americans for Citizen Voting is working in |
| State/Municipality voting to allow non-citizen voting in 2026 |
| State/Municipality has efforts to allow non-citizen vote |
| State/Munipality has laws allowing non-citizen voting |
Current news on citizen voting
"Even if approved, this would depend on action by legislators, who have not granted it to other communities, though it wouldn’t allow these noncitizens to vote in any state or federal election or hold office at the state or federal level."![]()
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Shutesbury special Town Meeting to weigh in on noncitizen voting rights
www.gazettenet.com
SHUTESBURY — Appealing to the state Legislature to allow noncitizens who live in Shutesbury the right vote in local elections, making the town pollinator friendly, and providing some money for the r...
“Voting is not an American thing. It’s a human rights thing. Everyone should have the ability to have a say.”![]()
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— Monica Casañas, mayor of Colmar Manor, MD![]()
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marylandmatters.org
The Prince George’s County town of Edmonston became the latest municipality to give noncitizens the right to vote in local elections Wednesday, joining a growing number of towns in the state that gr...
“We have been evaluating the charges that were given us by the Select Board for the past four months or so. In that time, we have interviewed about 30 different stakeholders. We have received over 20 public comments. In all, members of our committee have committed over 500 hours of work in the past four months to come to the recommendations that we will be presenting.”![]()
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— Committee Chair Jackie Matts![]()
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Charter review committee presents draft of its recommendations
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BENNINGTON – Town Charter Review Committee members got down to specifics Wednesday concerning their pending recommendations to the Select Board on possible revisions to Bennington’s governmental c...
“I see this as a pro-democracy step, moving in the direction of having more voices representative of our community. But there are a lot more questions,”![]()
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— committee member Kate Bailey![]()
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South Burlington won’t put noncitizen voting on March ballot
www.vtcng.com
The South Burlington Charter Committee told the city council last week that an all-resident voter expansion is too complex to be brought before city voters at this time.