GREENVILLE — South Carolina voters overwhelmingly supported a single word change in the South Carolina Constitution to specify that “only” citizens can vote, even though it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal or state elections.
The amendment changes the state constitution’s guaranteed right from “every” to “only a” citizen who’s at least 18 years of age and properly registered.
Some 86 percent of the two million-plus votes cast in the state on Nov. 5 were in favor of that change.
The amendment was driven by concerns that left-leaning courts would rule to allow noncitizens to vote in future elections — and that noncitizens were defying election laws to go vote.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Voters overwhelmingly approve SC constitutional amendment to limit voting to ‘only’ U.S. citizens
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