State lawmakers expressed confidence that ballot initiatives to ensure that only citizens vote will win “overwhelming” support—including in two battleground states.
North Carolina and Wisconsin—where polls are tight in the presidential race and have been close in recent statewide contests—will be voting on the matter. Other states with citizen-only voting referendums are red states Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
“Most people in our state think that only American citizens can vote anyway. So, they already believe that’s the case. They believe that’s the way it should be, and they’ll have an opportunity to weigh in on it Nov. 5,” Wisconsin state Sen. Julian Bradley, a Republican, told The Daily Signal after a news conference Wednesday.
Bradley was in Washington with other lawmakers from several states to promote…
