Civil rights advocates fear citizenship verification law could block ‘many’ naturalized voters

A recent state law takes aim at voters who weren't born U.S. citizens.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 1,037

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Civic groups say the votes of naturalized Hoosiers could be at risk amid the state’s election integrity campaign targeting those with temporary credential numbers in their voter registrations.

“Our understanding is that many United States citizens have been and continue to be erroneously flagged as noncitizens through this process,” said Ami Gandhi, the director of Midwest voting rights programs for the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.

“And as a result, many of these eligible …

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