HB 1074: Citizen’s Only Voting Constitutional Amendment

This bill proposes an amendment to the North Carolina state constitution to clarify that "only a citizen of the United States" can vote. Currently the constitution states that "every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized" can vote. However, it is already illegal for non-citizens to vote in our elections and there is zero evidence of wide-spread non-citizen voting in our state or the country. HB1074 is an unnecessary effort to solidify a law that is already in place and to create anti-immigration rhetoric and false concerns about election integrity by claiming that noncitizens are voting in our elections. This amendment was passed by the North Carolina General Assembly and will appear on ballots this election cycle.