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西弗吉尼亚州通过公民投票选票措施West Virginia approves citizenship voting ballot measure

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据 Decision Desk HQ 预测,一项将规定只有美国公民才能在西弗吉尼亚州选举中投票的选票措施预计将获通过。

A ballot measure that would specify that only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote in elections in West Virginia is projected to pass, according to Decision Desk HQ.

这项被称为“修正案 1”的宪法修正案将修改西弗吉尼亚州宪法的措辞。现行宪法规定:“本州公民有权在他们各自居住的县举行的所有选举中投票”,修改后将变为:“只有既是美国公民又是本州公民的人,才有权在他们各自居住的县举行的所有选举中投票”。截至周三早些时候,随着几乎所有选票完成统计,该选票措施预计将以近 80% 的支持率获通过。

The constitutional amendment, known as Amendment 1, makes a change to the language of the West Virginia Constitution. It currently reads, “the citizens of the State shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside,” but it will shift to “only citizens of the United States who are citizens of this state shall be entitled to vote at all elections held within the counties in which they respectively reside.”The ballot measure is projected to pass with nearly 80 percent support, with almost all of the vote reported as of early Wednesday.

西弗吉尼亚州法律已经要求选民必须是美国公民才能在该州投票,但这项选票措施将把这一要求写入州宪法。

West Virginia law already requires voters to be U.S. citizens to vote in the state, but this ballot measure would add the requirement to the state constitution.

根据 Ballotpedia 的数据,非公民不得在联邦选举中投票,除华盛顿特区外,只有少数市政当局允许非公民在某些选举中投票。

Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections, and only a small group of municipalities in addition to Washington, D.C., allow noncitizens to vote in certain elections, according to Ballotpedia.

共和党在投票和身份识别问题上投入了大量精力,特别是特朗普总统毫无根据地断言美国存在大规模选民欺诈。

Republicans have leaned into issues around voting and proper identification, particularly as President Trump has asserted without basis that there has been widespread voter fraud in the U.S.

总统曾敦促共和党议员通过立法,要求人们出示公民身份证明才能投票,并在投票站出示带照片的身份证件,但这些努力均未成功。

The president has pressed GOP lawmakers to pass legislation that would require people to show proof of citizenship in order to to vote and show photo identification at the polls, though those efforts have been unsuccessful.

Ballotpedia 指出,周二有十多个州将就选举政策提出选票措施,其中六个州询问选民关于投票和公民身份的问题,六个州询问关于选民身份证的问题。

Ballotpedia notes that more than a dozen states are teeing up ballot measures Tuesday pertaining to election policy, including six states that are asking voters about voting and citizenship and six states asking about voter ID.

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