Noncitizen Voting and the Battle Over US Election Authority

The timeline would trace how the US has regulated voting by noncitizens from the colonial and early republic eras, through state constitutions and the rise of federal election laws such as the Voting Rights Act and NVRA, to modern disputes over the Elections Clause and state vs. federal power. A 2026 Miami ruling striking down a federal noncitizen voting law would serve as a recent inflection point, not the whole story. This timeline was generated automatically by TimeStrands AI from Wikipedia research. Facts are sourced; framing may be imperfect.