IDS 2: Stop PMing Me Act

[cinyc]

You can't ban someone from voting in a regional election.  That's unconstitutional.  Federal election law trumps all regional laws, and if someone is eligible to vote in a federal election, they are eligible to vote in a regional election.  Period.  There is a previous Supreme Court case that ruled against the Southeast when it tried to create its own regional election rules and registry.

[cinyc]

The Northeast has gotten around the constitutional issue with bans on regional office holding. But that obviously wouldn't be an effective penalty against non-Southerners, who don't care about holding a position in the South.