Fact-check: “There is no law that states you need to be a U.S. citizen to vote”
Verdict: False (98% confidence)
This claim is directly contradicted by federal statute and all 50 state election codes. Federal law — codified at 18 U.S.C. § 611 — makes it a federal crime for a non-citizen to vote in federal elections, and every state's election law explicitly requires U.S. citizenship as a condition of voter eligibility. The claim appears to conflate the absence of a universal documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement (which varied by state before 2025) with the absence of a citizenship requirement itsel…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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