Constitutional amendment would ban non-citizen voting nationwide
H.J.Res. 107 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit voting in Federal, State, or local elections by individuals who are not citizens of the United States. · Filed by Claudia Tenney (R-NY) · Introduced Jul 16, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that would explicitly prohibit non-citizens from voting in any U.S. election—federal, state, or local—and on ballot initiatives or referendums. It grants Congress enforcement power. The amendment requires ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures within seven years to take effect.
Why we flagged it
This is a straightforward constitutional amendment proposal with no hidden mechanisms or riders. It states its single operative purpose plainly: to add an explicit constitutional prohibition on non-citizen voting. The mechanism is transparent and the scope is clear.
What the text implies
- Amendment would preempt state and local experimentation with non-citizen voting in municipal elections (e.g., school board, local referendum participation), which some jurisdictions have adopted to include long-term residents in decisions affecting them.
- Ratification would require three-fourths of state legislatures, a very high bar; failure to ratify leaves the status quo (federal prohibition + state-by-state variation) in place.
- Enforcement clause grants Congress broad power to legislate on voting eligibility, potentially expanding federal authority over election administration historically reserved to states.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The amendment codifies an existing de facto rule (non-citizens cannot vote in federal elections; most states already prohibit state/local non-citizen voting) and closes potential state-level gaps, which protects electoral integrity. However, it also forecloses any future state experimentation with limited non-citizen voting in local elections (a practice some municipalities have adopted for school boards or municipal referenda), and it does so at the constitutional level—the highest bar to rever
Named in the bill
U.S. House of Representatives, House Committee on the Judiciary, Ms. Tenney (sponsor), Congress, State legislatures
Where it stands
- Jul 16, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 16, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,469 characters) on Jul 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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