South Carolina legislation · 126th General Assembly
South Carolina S1054: Limit Vote to Citizens
Status: In committee, March 25, 2026
What the bill says
A concurrent RESOLUTION to respectfully request that the united states congress propose an amendment to the united states constitution to be submitted to the states for ratification providing that only citizens of the united states may qualify to vote in any primary or other election for president or vice president, for electors for president and vice president, or for senator or representative in congress. W hereas, Article I, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution grants to each state the exclusive power to determine who qualifies to vote in elections for representatives for C.
From the introduced text, March 25, 2026:
A concurrent RESOLUTION to respectfully request that the united states congress propose an amendment to the united states constitution to be submitted to the states for ratification providing that only citizens of the united states may qualify to vote in any primary or other election for president or vice president, for electors for president and vice president, or for senator or representative in congress. W hereas, Article I, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution grants to each state the exclusive power to determine who qualifies to vote in elections for representatives for Congress: "The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature"; and W hereas, the Seventeenth Amendment of the United States Constitution grants to each state the exclusive power to determine who qualifies to vote in elections for senators for Congress: "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures"; and W …
Sponsors
- (R, 11) · primary sponsor