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Zachary Roth

Zachary Roth

Zachary Roth is the National Democracy Reporter for States Newsroom.

Noncitizens allowed to vote in some local elections, spurring backlash from GOP

By: - March 19, 2023

A few cities and towns around the U.S. are letting noncitizens vote in local elections, and more could follow. In response, Republicans see a chance to turn opposition to noncitizen voting into a national rallying cry. Washington, D.C., became the latest city to approve noncitizen voting, when a bill allowing the District’s roughly 42,000 noncitizens, […]

Election deniers who lost secretary of state races now run several state GOP operations

By: - February 26, 2023

Many of the election deniers who ran last year for positions that would have given them control over state elections systems lost their races. But several have found a new path to exert influence: as chair of their state Republican Party. Kristina Karamo, an activist who rose to prominence for her efforts to overturn Michigan’s […]