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Texas government. Greg Abbot The legislation was signed on Monday, which, he said, makes it “crystal understandable” that only US citizens can vote in the elections in his country.
“I just subscribed to a joint ruling to make it crystal pure under the Texas Constitution that if you are not a United States citizen, you are not allowed to vote in Texas,” the governor said in a video posted on X.
Texas State Senator Brian Berdell, Republican, introduced the Senate resolution (SJR) in January, and in the resolution he proposed amendments to the Constitution, clarifying that voters in the Texas elections should be citizens
Prior to the resolution, the Constitution forbade people under the age of 18, together with those who were a decisive mentally incompetent court or was convicted of a crime from the election voting.
Texas Guet Governor Gueta Greg Abbot signed a joint resolution to amend the State Constitution and make it a demand that US citizens are allowed to vote in the Texas elections. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
But the amendment proposes to add a line to the classes of people who “do not allow voting” in Texas, which states: “Persons who are not US citizens”.
The joint resolution of Birdwell was approved by the State Senate in April, then the state house in May.
On Monday, Abbot signed a joint resolution, but he had another step. In fact, in November, Texas citizens will note whether the state’s constitution could be ratified in order to include a requirement in the State Constitution.
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Texan voters will have the opportunity to say whether we allow us to vote in the state elections. (John Moore/Getti Image)
Fox News Digital turned to Abbott and Birdwell offices for comments.
Last month, the federal judge blocked the executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which will require documentary confirmation of citizenship before allowing to register for voting.
Judge Colin Collar Coteli from the US District Court in Columbia made an order in response to lawsuits filed by three separate groups of the plaintiffs for five different provisions in A, B March 25, Executive order Trump Related to the integrity of the elections. While Kalar Kotel rejected requests to block three provisions, requests were provided to block two other provisions regarding evidence of citizenship demand for voters.
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The voter fills the ballot. (George Fray/AFP via Getty Images)
The first blocked provision sought to force the commission to help the electoral assistance to change the standardized national registration of voters in order to require documentary evidence of citizenship. The second sought to demand from federal agencies offering voter registration to people in public assistance to “evaluate” the status of human citizenship before doing so.
“Our constitution entrusts Congress and the states – not the presidents – with the powers to regulate the federal election. According to the distribution of power, Congress is Currently, it is discussing the legislation that will affect many changes that the president suggests, “” Calor-Coteli, Clinton-Adynosis, wrote in his order.
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Meanwhile, 25 states, including Texas, are considering a certain form of legislation legislation, in accordance with Laboratory of Voting Rights, which monitors such legislation. A total of 15 state constitutions have obvious prohibitions against a civilian vote.
Alec Schemmel Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
