Kentucky senator pushes constitutional amendment to ban noncitizen voting
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Kentucky senator pushes constitutional amendment to ban noncitizen voting

Kentucky moved closer to following the lead of several other states when a Senate committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting. While Kentucky’s constitution says U.S.-citizens are eligible to vote‚ municipalities in other states‚ like New York City‚ have ruled noncitizens can vote because there is no law against non-citizen voting. Kentucky’s bill‚ sponsored by Sen. Jason Howell‚ R-Murray‚ would amend two sections of the state...