The amendments passed overwhelmingly in all three states, including by a nearly 8-to-1 ratio in Alabama and Florida. Before the 2020 election, North Dakota and Arizona were the only state constitutions that specified non-citizens could not vote in state or local elections.
Julian Camera, manager for a campaign that opposed the measure in Colorado and field organizer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, said the ballot language is misleading. The group's founder is John Loudon, a former Republican state senator in Missouri and past advisor to America First Policies, a group supporting President Donald Trump. Loudon said the ballot amendments were needed because the current constitutional language isn't strong enough.
San Francisco allows noncitizen residents of the city to vote in school board elections if the voter is a parent or legal guardian of a child in the school system. In Maryland, 11 municipalities allow non-citizens to vote in local elections. Denise Maes, public policy director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, called the amendment "mean-spirited" and "wrong." She said the Colorado initiative was intended to suppress voting in Colorado -- including 17-year-olds who previously qualified to vote in primaries if they turned 18 by the November election under a Colorado law passed just before the March presidential primary.
Loudon's stance on voting rights emanated from his great-great-grandmother who worked towards women's suffrage. He argues that the right to vote was "hard-fought" and should be preserved for "committed citizens" -- namely, those who buy a home and raise a family in a specific area.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
Welp. Given that this was already law, I sure hope the symbol was worth the effort. I’d rather spend than time and energy making sure all citizens can and do vote, and that they’re votes are counted when they do. countourvotes