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Federal judge lets Iowa keep challenging voter rolls although naturalized citizens may be affected

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Federal judge lets Iowa keep challenging voter rolls although naturalized citizens may be affected.

Critics say the effort threatens the voting rights of people who've recently become U.S. citizens.

GOP officials have made possible voting by noncitizen immigrants a key election-year talking point.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds , a Republican , says ruling is a victory for election integrity.

The form also requires potential voters to sign a statement saying they are citizens, warning them that if they lie, they can be convicted of a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.

A federal judge halted a similar program in Alabama challenged by civil rights groups and the U.S. Department of Justice .