Alaska approves citizenship voting requirement

A ballot measure that would introduce minor language changes to an Alaska law around citizenship and voter eligibility is projected to pass, according to Decision Desk HQ.

The effort, dubbed Initiative Petition 25USCV, notes that Alaska law mandates that voters must be citizens and meet other criteria in order to be eligible to vote. It is projected to pass with nearly 70 percent support, with 69 percent of the report tallied by DDHQ.

The measure asked voters if they would approve an initiative to “specify that only those who are United States citizens and meet the other requirements may vote,” essentially adding the word “only” to current Alaska law .

The current language says “a person may vote at any election” if they meet the state’s criteria.

The ballot measure itself will not change voting requirements in the Last Frontier and only introduces the minor addition to the statue language. It required a simple majority to pass.

Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections, and only a small group of municipalities in addition to Washington, D.C., allow them to vote in certain elections, according to Ballotpedia .

Republicans have leaned into issues around voting and proper identification , particularly as President Trump has asserted without basis that there has been widespread voter fraud .

The president has pressed GOP lawmakers to pass legislation that would require people to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote and show photo identification at the polls, though those efforts have been unsuccessful.

Ballotpedia also notes that more than a dozen states are teeing up ballot measures pertaining to election policy, including six states that are asking voters about voting and citizenship and another six states asking about voter ID.