Federal law requires voters in U.S. national elections to be U.S. citizens.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by statutory text (18 U.S.C. § 611), CRS legal analysis, DOJ guidance on the NVRA, and independent compilation by Ballotpedia. No contradicting sources found. [tier=gold indep_score=1.0 clusters=4 claim_tier=everyday | framework convergence=partial (upstreams: 18 U.S.C. § 611 (federal criminal code), National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. ch. 205)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Trump pushes GOP on voting bill and demands end to most mail ... (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=%28title%3A18+section%3A611+edition%3Aprelim%29 (corroboration)
- https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12742 (corroboration)
- https://www.justice.gov/crt/national-voter-registration-act-1993-nvra (corroboration)
- https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_permitting_noncitizens_to_vote_in_the_United_States (corroboration)
- https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/HTML/IF12902.web.html (corroboration)