U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz of the Southern District of Florida found 18 U.S.C. 611, the law that makes it a crime for noncitizens to vote, unconstitutional, Reuters and NBC News report. Reuters says the ruling applies only to the case of Florida resident Chelsea Cox and does not bind judges in other cases. The first reports do not say whether it will be appealed.
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The ruling strikes down the statute.
The story attributes this to NBC News and Reuters. Reuters says the judge 'finds' the law unconstitutional, and NBC says the judge 'guts' it. However, a single federal judge's ruling in the Cox case does not by itself void §611 nationwide. 'Strikes down' may overstate the scope, so the desk should c