correction
A previous version of the article had a headline that incorrectly stated that a judge had thrown out a challenge to a nonresident voting law. The challenge was to a noncitizen voting law. The headline has been corrected.
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit challenging a D.C. statute letting noncitizens vote in local elections, concluding that the plaintiffs failed to prove the law has harmed them.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson in D.C. rejected an argument from seven D.C. voters that letting residents without citizenship cast ballots in local — but not federal — races dilutes the votes of citizens. She said the plaintiffs did not show that they’ve been treated inequitably or denied opportunities because of the D.C. Noncitizen Voting Act, which the D.C. Council passed in 2022.
