Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Official Investiture ceremony for new U.S. District judge for the District of Columbia Rudolph Contreras. June 20, 2012. Photo by Diego M. Radzinschi/THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL.
Published March 22, 2024
A federal judge on Friday upheld a Washington DC law that allows noncitizens – including illegal aliens – to vote in municipal elections.
US District Judge for the District of Columbia Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee tossed a lawsuit filed by a conservative group challenging the Local Resident Voting Rights Act, passed by the DC Council in October 2022.
The law not only allows non-citizens and illegals to vote, it also permits noncitizens to run for office!
Judge Jackson said the lawsuit failed to demonstrate how the plaintiffs are harmed by illegals voting or running for office.
Fox News reported:
A federal judge on Thursday tossed a conservative legal group’s lawsuit against a controversial Washington, D.C., law that allows noncitizens — including illegal immigrants and foreign embassy staff members — to vote in municipal elections.
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RELATED: Judge upholds law allowing illegal immigrants to vote
Published March 22, 2024
A federal judge dismissed a conservative lawsuit Thursday against a law that allows noncitizens to vote in Washington, D.C. The law, which was passed in 2022, currently allows illegal immigrants and foreign embassy staff members to participate in municipal elections.
In Thursday’s ruling, Judge Amy Berman Jackson claimed the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a conservative group representing U.S. citizen voters, lacked the necessary standing in order to challenge the controversial law. Jackson ruled that the plaintiffs did not show how they were harmed by the law allowing noncitizens to vote and hold public office in Washington, D.C.
Jackson wrote that the lawsuit “does not include facts showing plaintiffs‘ right to vote has been denied, that they have been subjected to discrimination or inequitable treatment or denied opportunities when compared to another group, or that their rights as citizens have been ‘subordinated merely because of [their] father’s country of origin.’”
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RELATED: Federal judge tosses lawsuit challenging D.C.’s nonresident voting law
Published March 21, 2024
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed a lawsuit challenging a district law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections, ruling the plaintiffs did not prove the law violates their rights.
In an opinion issued Thursday, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled against a group of seven plaintiffs — all of whom are U.S. citizens and registered to vote in D.C. — who argued the city’s “Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022” violates their Fifth Amendment rights.
The law, passed by the D.C. Council in 2022, removed the citizenship requirement for voting in municipal elections, allowing noncitizen residents to vote in local elections, according to court documents. This includes being able to vote for local officials, along with local initiatives, referenda, recalls or charter amendment measures. It did not allow noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
The law also allows noncitizen residents to run for D.C. government roles and serve on the city’s Board of Elections, per court filings.
The suit, filed against D.C.’s Board of Elections, alleged the law “dilutes the vote of every U.S. citizen voter in the District.” The plaintiffs argued the enfranchisement of noncitizens infringed on their fundamental right to vote, and discriminated against U.S. citizens and native-born U.S. citizens living in D.C. while violating the “constitutional right to citizen self-government.”
The plaintiffs requested the judge to stop the Board of Elections from registering noncitizens to vote and counting votes cast by noncitizens, per the filing.
