Texas governor makes it 'crystal clear' only U.S. citizens can vote in state elections

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed authorities connected Monday which helium said makes it "crystal clear" that lone U.S. citizens are allowed to ballot successful elections successful his state.

"I conscionable signed disconnected connected a associated solution to marque it crystal wide nether the Texas Constitution that if you are not a national of the United States of America, you are not allowed to ballot successful Texas," the politician said successful a video posted to X.

Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell, a Republican, introduced Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 37 successful January, and successful the resolution, helium projected a law amendment clarifying that voters successful Texas elections indispensable beryllium citizens of the U.S.

Prior to the resolution, the constitution prohibited radical who are nether the property of 18, on with those who were determined mentally incompetent by a tribunal oregon who were convicted of a felony, from voting successful elections.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a associated solution to amend the authorities constitution and marque it a request for U.S. citizens to lone beryllium allowed to ballot successful elections successful Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

But the amendment proposes adding a enactment to the classes of radical who "shall not beryllium allowed to vote" successful Texas, which reads, "persons who are not citizens of the United States."

Birdwell’s associated solution was approved by the authorities legislature successful April, past by the authorities location successful May.

Abbott signed the associated solution connected Monday, but it inactive has 1 much step. In fact, Texas citizens volition person the last accidental successful November connected whether the authorities constitution tin beryllium ratified to see the request successful the authorities constitution.

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Texas voters volition get the accidental to person the last accidental connected whether to lone let U.S. citizens to ballot successful elections successful the state. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Abbott’s and Birdwell’s offices for comment.

Last month, a national justice blocked an enforcement bid signed by President Donald Trump that would necessitate documentary impervious of citizenship earlier being allowed to registry to vote.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia handed down the bid successful effect to lawsuits filed by 3 abstracted groups of plaintiffs implicit 5 antithetic provisions successful a March 25 Trump enforcement order relating to predetermination integrity. While Kollar-Kotelly dismissed requests to artifact 3 of the provisions, requests to artifact 2 different provisions pertaining to a impervious of citizenship request for voters were granted. 

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A elector fills retired her ballot. (GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images)

The archetypal blocked proviso sought to compel the Election Assistance Commission to amend standardized nationalist elector registration forms to necessitate documentary impervious of citizenship. The 2nd sought to necessitate national agencies offering elector registration to radical connected nationalist assistance to "assess" the individual's citizenship presumption earlier doing so.

"Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States — not the President — with the authorization to modulate national elections. Consistent with that allocation of power, Congress is presently debating authorities that would impact galore of the changes the President purports to order," Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton-appointee, wrote successful her order. "No statutory delegation of authorization to the Executive Branch permits the President to short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by enforcement order."

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Meanwhile, 25 states, including Texas, are considering immoderate signifier of proof-of-citizenship legislation, according to the Voting Rights Lab, which is tracking specified legislation. In total, 15 authorities constitutions person explicit prohibitions against non-citizen voting.

Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.