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The House of Representatives advanced a bill Thursday to repeal a Washington, D.C. law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections.
A whopping 52 Democrats joined Republicans on the measure, with 143 Democrats voting against it, for a final 262 to 143 vote.
The D.C. law was passed by the progressive city council in 2022 and recently survived a court challenge earlier this year.
Republicans who opposed the bill warned that allowing non-Americans to help decide what local officials run the nation's capital could have negative effects on...
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