This week's question was, How many states have approved ballot measures prohibiting noncitizens from voting?

You answered: 3
The correct answer is 6.

From 2018 to 2024, voters decided on 14 ballot measures related to adding language about citizenship requirements for voting. Voters approved all 14 measures.

State	Year	Ballot Measure	Type	Status
North Dakota	2018	North Dakota Measure 2	Initiated constitutional amendment	Approved
Alabama	2020	Alabama Amendment 1	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
Florida	2020	Florida Amendment 1	Initiated constitutional amendment	Approved
Colorado	2020	Colorado Amendment 76	Initiated constitutional amendment	Approved
Ohio	2022	Ohio Issue 2	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
Louisiana	2022	Louisiana Amendment 1	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
Iowa	2024	Iowa Amendment 1	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
Wisconsin	2024	Wisconsin Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
Kentucky	2024	Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
Idaho	2024	Idaho HJR 5	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
South Carolina	2024	South Carolina Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
Missouri	2024	Missouri Amendment 7	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
Oklahoma	2024	Oklahoma State Question 834	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
North Carolina	2024	North Carolina Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Approved
South Dakota	2026	South Dakota Constitutional Amendment J	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	On the ballot
Kansas	2026	Kansas Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	On the ballot
Arkansas	2026	Arkansas Citizenship Requirement for Voting Amendment	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	On the ballot
Texas	2025	Texas Proposition 16	Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	On the ballot

Partisanship of legislative votes on referred measures

In 16 states that placed constitutional amendments on the ballot to require citizenship to vote in state and local elections, Republican legislators supported the amendments, averaging 99.7%. In all but one state—South Dakota (2026)—every Republican legislator voted in favor; in South Dakota, 95.3% supported the amendment. Democratic support varied between states, averaging 43.1% and ranging from 0% in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin to 100% in Alabama (2020) and Iowa (2024).

Democratic support is shown to the left, Republican to the right. Data from 2020–2025.

The map below indicates which U.S. states allow or prohibit noncitizen voting in elections for state or local offices. It also indicates which states have approved ballot measures related to noncitizen voting and which states will have ballot measures related to noncitizen voting in the 2024 election.

Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Wisconsin will each have a measure on citizenship voter requirements this November.

Click here to learn more about laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States.

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