What do a Russian military attaché stationed in the District of Columbia, a foreign exchange student at American University, and an illegal alien living in Anacostia all have in common? Answer: None are U.S. citizens, yet the District of Columbia allows them to vote in its local elections. That’s wrong, and it’s time for Congress to change it.

The District of Columbia Council enacted the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act in November 2022, removing the prohibition on noncitizen voting – and even allowing for voting by illegal aliens. The new law went into effect in February of 2023. The following month, seven D.C. voters filed a lawsuit challenging the law on the grounds that allowing noncitizens to vote diluted the weight of citizens’ votes and discriminated against U.S. citizens living in D.C. In March of 2024, Judge Amy Berman Jackson, appointed by President Obama, tossed the case, declaring that the plaintiffs had no standing to sue.

Even the liberal Washington Post editorial board understands just how radical it is to allow illegal aliens to vote: “This newspaper has opposed efforts over the past decade to rewrite D.C.’s election code so green-card holders could vote,” it wrote in October 2022, in anticipation of the vote. “What’s now before the council is more radical. The proposal has been expanded to give voting........

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