The Rhode Island League of Women Voters is now barred from helping new citizens register to vote immediately after they become U.S. citizens. For almost two years, the League has been registering new citizens to vote in the U.S. “This is another step to control who votes, because what this does is make it more difficult for new citizens to register to vote,” said Nina Rossomando, a former co-president of the Rhode Island League of Women Voters. “It really makes it harder for them to exercise what is a fundamental right of all citizens.”Rossomando said that the National League of Women Voters is in the early stages of planning legal action in response to the policy. She also went on to say that naturalization ceremonies are often happy affairs with new citizens being eager to participate in democracy.