Amendment 1, a citizenship requirement measure, will be on the ballot in November

(LEX 18) — This November, there will be two constitutional amendments on the ballot for voters to decide. Amendment 2, the school choice measure, has received a lot of attention. But there has been little conversation surrounding the other one - Amendment 1, a citizenship requirement measure.

If voters agree, the state's constitution will be changed to say that "no person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be allowed to vote" in Kentucky's elections. According to state election officials, there is no evidence showing that non-citizens are voting in Kentucky.

To vote in Kentucky elections, a registered voter must be a U.S. citizen that has lived in Kentucky for at least 28 days before Election Day. Federal law also makes it a criminal offense for a non-citizen to vote in a presidential election.

However, supporters of Amendment 1 worry that local cities may allow non-citizens to vote in local races, like those for school boards, in the future.




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