North Carolina voters have passed an amendment, ABC News projected , that would change the state constitution’s current language on who can vote in elections.
The proposed amendment read “Constitutional amendment to provide that only a citizen of the United States who is 18 years of age and otherwise possessing the qualifications for voting shall be entitled to vote at any election in this State.”
With all precincts reporting, the amendment received 78% of the unofficial votes.
It’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal or state elections but this amendment changes the language in North Carolina’s constitution.
The state constitution currently reads: “Every person born in the United States and every person who has been naturalized, 18 years of age, and possessing the qualifications set out in this Article, shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people of the State, except as herein otherwise provided.”
The change in wording from “every person born … and every person who has been naturalized” to “only a citizen” would make no actual change to who can register and vote.