House Republican questions DC’s encouragement of noncitizens to vote

House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) is demanding answers from the Washington, D.C., Board of Elections over its encouragement of noncitizens to vote.

Steil sent a letter expressing his concern over the passing and promotion of the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, which allows noncitizens to vote in local elections. A recent postcard from the board encouraging noncitizens to vote prompted his letter.

“American elections are for American citizens only,” Steil said. “Every American deserves to have confidence in their elections, and it does not instill confidence when we see our nation’s capital encourage non-citizen voting in local elections. I’m working to hold the D.C. Board of Elections accountable and stop non-citizen voting.” 

The postcard in question gave instructions to noncitizens on how to sign up to vote but acknowledged they could only vote in local elections.

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“As Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration, which has broad oversight of our nation’s federal elections, I write today to express my concern about the District of Columbia’s Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 (‘Act’), which allows non-citizens to vote in local elections,” Steil’s letter reads. “Despite the Act’s passage by the District of Columbia (‘D.C.’) Council, federal law continues to prohibit non-citizens from voting in federal elections.”

Steil’s letter to the board included a demand for answers to various questions, including one asking if embassy personnel of foreign governments could vote to decide the affairs in the U.S. capital.