FOR SUBSCRIBERS Voting booths at a polling location inside the Detroit Department of Elections during a primary election on Aug. 4.Sarah Rice / Bloomberg via Getty Images Oct. 1, 2026, 6:35 PM EDT WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled a 40-year-old law passed by Congress that made it a misdemeanor offense for noncitizens to vote was invalid because the power to decide who can and can’t cast a ballot is primarily reserved for the states. Just a moment. We are getting your experience ready.
