The House of Representatives voted to repeal a DC law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections. (Getty Images)
"What we're doing is, we are talking about passing a law that prohibits citizens of foreign countries from voting in elections in D.C. It prohibits people that are here illegally from voting in elections. It prohibits spies from China from voting in elections. It prohibits people that are here from Russia that have wishes of ill will in the United States from voting in the elections in D.C.," Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., said during debate for the bill.
GOP lawmakers have also accused Democrats of trying to tip the scales at the ballot box by encouraging illegal immigrants to sign up to vote – something the left has denied.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin led Democratic opposition to the bill (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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It's the latest effort in a wider crackdown on voting security that House GOP leaders are mounting roughly six months before the November 2024 elections.
The House-wide vote on D.C.'s local law comes on the same day that a key House committee is poised to advance a bill to heighten enforcement and penalties for undocumented people who vote in federal elections.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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