Kentucky Amendment 1, which proposed changing the state constitution to include explicit language prohibiting noncitizens from voting in state and local elections, passed on Tuesday.
Opponents of the amendment said it was irrelevant because there was no evidence noncitizens were voting.
“Thus, this amendment is redundant and a complete waste of resources,” Dr. Glenn Harden, political science professor at Asbury, said.
Amendment 2, which would have allowed for public funding of nonpublic schools, went down by an almost two to one margin.
Dr. Steve Clements, a professor of political science and dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Asbury, told the Collegian that Amendment 2 simply wasn’t practical.
“If you’re in Lexington, Louisville, there is enough population to be able to create viable schools that are school choice oriented. But when you get out into parts of a heavily rural state, where there just aren’t many kids, it’s going to be almost impossible,” Clements said.
Amendment 1 will be added to the state’s constitution once Secretary of State Michael Adams certifies Kentucky’s election results.
