The Republican National Committee is suing two Vermont cities over their controversial policies of allowing noncitizens to vote in municipal elections, according to a new report.

RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told Fox News that the committee will sue Montpelier and Winooski in an attempt to thwart Democratsโ€™ efforts to โ€œdismantle the integrity of our elections.โ€

โ€œIn addition to attacking widely supported safeguards like voter ID, Democrats also want foreign citizens to vote in American elections,โ€ she said. โ€œRepublicans are fighting back on this far-left assault against election integrity โ€” unlike radical Democrats, we believe that our elections should be decided solely by American citizens. This is a matter of principle and we will fight in all 50 states to ensure this remains the case.โ€

The suit comes after the state Senate approved changes to the citiesโ€™ charters in May that will now allow noncitizens to vote on local issues despite pushback from Republican lawmakers and the governor, who vetoed the legislation.

โ€œAllowing a highly variable town-by-town approach to municipal voting creates inconsistency in election policy, as well as separate and unequal classes of residents potentially eligible to vote on local issues,โ€ Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, wrote in a letter to legislators.

The Senate voted 20-10 to override the governorโ€™s veto.

State Senate President pro tempore Becca Balint said at the time that the vetoโ€™s override would โ€œcontinue Vermontโ€™s track record supporting strong citizen engagement, and uphold the tradition of local control in our towns and cities.โ€

The RNC says its lawsuit โ€œraises important concerns about how the laws will be implemented and whether non-citizens will end up on the same voter registration lists used for state-level and federal elections.โ€