A sign is posted at a voter registration booth outside a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center on July 23, 2019. (Mario Tama | Getty Images)Nongovernmental groups are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. They often partner with local and state election officials or supplement their work to administer registration services — and that includes during naturalization ceremonies. “Given USCIS does not primarily rely on nongovernment organizations for voter registration services, and the administrative burden on USCIS to ensure that those nongovernmental organizations who provide voter registration services are nonpartisan,” the agency is blocking them from USCIS facilities. Several Republican-led states have in recent years enacted new laws to crack down on registration drives conducted by third-party groups.