“There is strong bipartisan support for ensuring that only U.S. citizens vote in Texas elections — recent polling shows 88% of Texans agree with this principle. We have high hopes that these measures will receive broad support on the floor. ” — Charlie Kolean, ACV Texas State Director

(from the April 29, 2025 Southeast Texas Record article”Citizen-only voting measures voted out of committee”)

A pair of bills aimed at amending the Texas Constitution to clarify that voters residing in the Lone Star State must be U.S. citizens have been voted out of committee.

SJR 37 and its companion bill, HJR 161, are resolutions that seek to ensure only U.S. citizens can vote in Texas elections.

Yesterday, both measures reported favorably without any amendments, records show.

Read the entire article here.