Cotton plans to block DC from allowing illegal aliens to vote: 'Insane policy'

Senator Tom Cotton is working to prevent illegal immigrants from being able to vote in Washington, D.C., elections after the city's legislature passed what he calls an "insane policy."

The bill, introduced by council member Charles Allen, says that if noncitizens are otherwise qualified to vote, they can do so in local elections as long as they have resided in D.C. for at least 30 days. Kelly Laco is a politics editor for Fox News Digital.

The bill was sent to Mayor Muriel Bowser for approval Tuesday and if she clears it, the bill will be transmitted to Congress under the D.C. Home Rule Act. If she vetoes the measure, that veto could be overridden if it has the support of two-thirds of the council, which it does. The only vote against the bill was by council member Mary Cheh, who argued the 30-day time period was too short.