Judge Tosses Challenge, Upholds Law Allowing ‘Noncitizens’ to Vote in Washington

The plaintiffs failed to demonstrate ’that they have personally been subjected to any sort of disadvantage as individual voters,' the judge said.

Activists rally for voting rights and D.C. statehood as they block traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue SE in Washington, on Dec. 7, 2021. Drew Angerer /Getty Images

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a Washington, D.C., law allowing “noncitizen residents” to vote in local elections.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an appointee of President Barack Obama, found that a group of seven citizen plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the legislation.