DENVER (AP) — Voters in Colorado, Florida and Alabama passed ballot measures Tuesday that codify what is already law: That only U.S. citizens 18 and older can vote.
The passage of the largely-symbolic measures has triggered questions about why the pro-Trump group behind them spent time and money on the effort.
The amendments passed overwhelmingly in all three states, including by a nearly 8-to-1 ratio in Alabama and Florida.
A former GOP Missouri state legislator who led the effort said the ballot measures were needed to combat recent changes that allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in some local elections.
Opponents counter that the measures are unnecessary and fuel anti-immigrant sentiment.
