Washington, DC City Council Gives Initial Approval to Bill That Would Allow Non-Citizens to Vote

People fill out their ballots at a polling station in Washington, DC, on Nov. 3, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

The City Council in Washington, D.C., has preliminarily approved bills that would enable non-citizens to vote in elections and make mail-in voting permanent.

The City Council approved the bills in a first reading. The Democrat-controlled body must do so again in the next vote, called the final reading, for the legislation to be sent to Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat.