Republicans Push Voting Restrictions On U.S. Citizens Living Abroad

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Republicans, both in Congress and at the state level, are continuing a push to restrict voting by U.S. citizens living abroad. We discuss what those restrictions could look like and what they could mean for voters, including those who live in the country.

This episode: political correspondent Ashley Lopez, voting correspondent Hansi Lo Wang, and voting correspondent Miles Parks.

This podcast was produced by Casey Morell & Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.

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0:24.3	Hey, this is John at the starting line of a Chicago marathon with 53,000 other runners who are way too excited.
0:32.3	This podcast was recorded at.
0:34.6	108 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 14th, 2025.
0:39.5	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but with a little luck,
0:43.2	I'll have crossed the finish line of my 25th marathon.
0:46.4	Okay, here's the show.
0:51.7	25 marathon.
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1:16.0	I feel like we should have gotten the time sent from like mile 21 or something. It would have sounded like, and it's, you're listening to, huh. Yeah. Also, I got questions about your knees. How are they doing, man? That sounds rough. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover voting. I'm Hansi Luong. I also cover voting. And I'm Miles Parks. I am the third member of the NPR voting team.
1:28.5	It's an all-voting team podcast, which is great because today on the podcast, we're going to be talking about how Republicans are continuing to push new voting restrictions for U.S. citizens living abroad.
1:31.2	Hansi, you've been covering these efforts.
1:34.3	Can you give us a quick overview of what you found?
1:41.6	What we're seeing is the latest phase of a push that began during last year's presidential election.
1:46.6	Last year, we saw multiple last-minute lawsuits in swing states like Michigan and North Carolina, and they challenged the legitimacy of certain overseas voters' balance.
1:53.6	This included the balance of both military and civilian voters. And those lawsuits ended up getting
1:59.3	tossed, but new legal challenges have cropped up,
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