Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Thursday introduced legislation that would prohibit illegal immigrants in Washington, D.C., from voting in elections, the Daily Caller reported.
The bill, titled "American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Voter Identification Act," is being sponsored by Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., and Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla.
"Only American citizens should be voting in American elections," Greene told the Daily Caller before introducing the legislation. "That's why I introduced the District of Columbia Voter Identification Act to safeguard election integrity by implementing mandatory photo voter ID and ensuring only American citizens are casting ballots by instituting a citizenship requirement for voter registration.
"Not only will this force the D.C. Board of Elections to ensure only American citizens vote in our nation's capital, this will set a standard and precedent for the rest of the country to follow."
A bill passed by the D.C. Council last year that will allow non-citizens to vote in local elections as soon as 2024 is now law after the measure survived a congressional review in March.
Republicans sought to block the bill, calling it a "radical" step that would dilute the votes of U.S. citizens.
The Washington Post reported that at least 50,000 noncitizens live in D.C.
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