Some jurisdictions allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections.
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VINCEAug 25, 2026
Multiple reliable sources show that several US jurisdictions, including Takoma Park and other Maryland towns, Vermont towns, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., allowed noncitizens to vote in certain municipal or school-board elections as of the August 2026 posting date.
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… They rig the Electoral College by doing the same thing. They have unearned Electoral College votes by virtue of illegal aliens pouring into the country. They even have jurisdictions where they allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections and then swear to us there's no way they're actually voting in the federal elections. That's happening right now in the United States of America. It's utter madness. President Trump is trying to fix it. …
VINCE · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. PolitiFact reports that Takoma Park, Maryland has let noncitizens, including lawful residents and some people in the country illegally, vote in local elections since 1993.[1]
Supports. Ballotpedia (February 2026) states that California, Maryland, and Vermont have jurisdictions allowing noncitizens to vote in municipal or school board elections, and that Washington, D.C. also allows noncitizens to vote in local elections.[5]
Supports. The Nation (January 2025) counts 22 localities that already allow some form of noncitizen voting, including San Francisco and Oakland, and Snopes (October 2026) notes San Francisco and D.C. allow noncitizens to vote in some local elections.[2][4]
Supports. A Daily Republic report dated 2026-11-02 says 21 local governments in California, Maryland and Vermont, plus Washington, D.C., have allowed noncitizens to vote in certain local elections, such as school boards.[6]
Context. A 2026 AP report says New York's top court blocked New York City's 2022 noncitizen voting law, which the city never implemented; this affects one jurisdiction, not the existence of others.[3][7]
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1A Maryland city has let noncitizens vote in local elections ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Noncitizens don't vote in large numbers in US elections. Here's proofsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Judge says NYC can't let noncitizens vote in city electionsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4The Case for Letting Noncitizens Votethenation.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Voting requirements related to citizenship vary across the U ...news.ballotpedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Six states have bans on noncitizen voting on ballotsdailyrepublic.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7wirelewistownsentinel.com · not rated · cited for: context
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