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Texas voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment on Tuesday that adds noncitizens to the list of individuals prohibited from voting in state elections, reinforcing that only US citizens are eligible to cast ballots. Proposition 16 passed with over 71 percent support as of Wednesday afternoon. The measure amends the Texas Constitution to explicitly include “persons who are not citizens of the United States” among those barred from voting. The list already includes convicted felons who have not met certain conditions for reinstatement and individuals deemed mentally incompetent by a court. By placing the citizenship requirement directly into the state constitution, the...

The College Park, Maryland City Council on Sept. 12, approved a measure granting noncitizens the right to vote in city elections.

Immigration activists packed a City Council hearing yesterday to demand noncitizens be allowed to vote in municipal elections — an idea Mayor Bloomberg vehemently opposes. The council is considering whether to let residents who've been in the city six months or longer vote in local elections. An estimated 1 million New Yorkers, about 20 percent of the adult population, don't have voting rights, although they pay $18.2 billion a year in state income taxes, the activists said