American Military News by Timothy Frudd March 22, 2024
A federal judge dismissed a conservative lawsuit Thursday against a law that allows noncitizens to vote in Washington, D.C. The law, which was passed in 2022, currently allows illegal immigrants and foreign embassy staff members to participate in municipal elections.
In Thursday’s ruling, Judge Amy Berman Jackson claimed the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a conservative group representing U.S. citizen voters, lacked the necessary standing in order to challenge the controversial law. Jackson ruled that the plaintiffs did not show how they were harmed by the law allowing noncitizens to vote and hold public office in Washington, D.C.
Jackson wrote that the lawsuit “does not include facts showing plaintiffs‘ right to vote has been denied, that they have been subjected to discrimination or inequitable treatment or denied opportunities when compared to another group, or that their rights as citizens have been ‘subordinated merely because of [their] father’s country of origin.'”
Fox News reported that the IRLI’s lawsuit challenged the “Local Resident Votings Rights Act,” which was passed in October 2022 by the D.C. Council. The law allows noncitizens to vote in local elections if they have lived in Washington, D.C., for at least 30 days. The law also allows noncitizen D.C. residents to serve on the city’s Board of Elections and run for local public office positions.
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