Citizen-Only Voting is Set to Save 8 States—and the Nation—from Illegal Alien Voting this Fall

Americans for Citizen Voting, a nonprofit grassroots campaign that works to ensure only American citizens can vote in elections, announced a new campaign that targets eight states with constitutional amendments on the ballot in November.

Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV), a grassroots organization working to block non-citizens voting in our elections, held a press conference on Sept. 4 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to highlight its new campaign to pass citizen-only voting constitutional amendments in November. Restoration News was present to cover the event.

The group, joined by state senators from North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin announced the campaign which focuses on Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wisconsin—all states that have constitutional amendments on the ballot in November. Alongside the senators, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger took the stand to highlight the importance of citizen-only voting and show that Georgia is leading the way in election integrity.

The group hopes that numerous other states will continue to hop on board the bipartisan issue of ensuring that only Americans citizens can vote in elections—as it is important that voters understand what they are voting for and are “part of the family,” said ACV president Avi McCulluh, herself originally born in Brazil.

“I advocate for citizen-only voting because citizenship truly transformed my understanding of this incredible country that we live in,” McCullah said. “It's so important, it's so vital for people to understand what it is they're fighting for, what it is they believe, what this country was founded on, in order for them to be informed citizens that can make these wise decisions,” she added.

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A Growing Threat to Our Republic

Numerous illegal aliens continue to vote in American elections every year illegally, but the AVC campaign is focusing on states that allow illegal aliens to vote legally based on language in their state constitutions. In many cases, illegal aliens are granted the right to vote based on vague language stating “every citizen” instead of “only citizens” can vote.

With the constitutional amendments on these 8 states’ ballots, “Every citizen of the United States who is age 18 and older is eligible to vote” will be changed to “Only a citizen of the United States who is age 18 and older is eligible to vote.”

The coalition is working to implement “an ounce of prevention so that we don't have a pound of cure to worry about later, said Oklahoma Sen. Shane Jett (R).

“We're really dealing much more with and exclusively with non-citizens voting legally, and I think that's a decision that the public really has to weigh in on and say, do we want that to be happening? And of course, if the voters decide, as they have every time, that we want only citizens, then there is an enforcement part of that there you do have to follow to make sure people follow rules,” said ACV Chairman Paul Jacob. “But we're really at the point of setting those rules clearly.”

Currently, California, Maryland, Illinois, Vermont, and Washington, D.C. allow non-citizens to vote legally, according to ACV. 12 states, including Virginia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Alabama, have citizen only voting protections—and the group is hopeful that the 8 target states will join their ranks in November.

The remaining 26 states do not have ballot referendums in November, but the group is optimistic that they will eventually make the move, as 75 percent of Americans support citizen only voting, according to a poll conducted by ACV.

“In a battleground state like Wisconsin, where the last two presidential elections have been decided by only 20,000 votes, it’s great to see that our constitutional amendment for only citizens voting is polling at over 75 percent support,” said Wisconsin Sen. Julian Bradley. “Our citizens' voting rights deserve to be protected.”

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