Voters in five states back bans on noncitizen voting while one state bucks trend

By: Anna Claire Vollers

Outlets: Stateline

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 508

Last Updated: 5 days, 5 hours ago

Voters in five states approved new citizenship voting requirements on Tuesday while Arizona voters rejected theirs.

Proposals to explicitly bar noncitizens from voting were on the ballot this week in six states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, South Dakota and West Virginia.

Arizona voters defeated Proposition 144, which would have mandated that only citizens could register and vote in Arizona elections.

Arizona’s measure was much broader than those in other states. …

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