D.C.’s 578 noncitizen voters are testing the boundary between local belonging and federal power.

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The deeper question

The 578 names expose a live boundary: local belonging is lawful, while federal power and election safeguards remain tightly contested.

The deeper issue is the boundary between lawful local participation and claims of election-system vulnerability. Judicial Watch’s FOIA-derived table presents 578 noncitizen voters and party-affiliation totals, while congressional opposition frames D.C.’s policy as diluting citizen voting power. Those materials establish a documented count and political dispute, not proof of unlawful federal voting or coordinated fraud.

• Judicial Watch says D.C. Board of Elections records show 578 noncitizens voted and provides a ward-by-party table totaling that figure.judicialwatch +2
• The records describe participation in the June primary and special elections, but the provided excerpts do not prove that any noncitizen voted in a federal contest.judicialwatch +1
• Opponents of D.C.’s law argue that allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections dilutes citizens’ voting power.billbruch

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