Florida and Mississippi sign law to enact voter citizenship checks as similar legislation stalls in Congress
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Published on April 2, 2026.
Governors in Florida and Mississippi have signed laws requiring officials to verify the citizenship of voters, while similar legislation by President Donald Trump has stalled in Congress. The Florida law, signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, requires voters to provide a birth certificate, passport or naturalization certificate if their eligibility to vote is challenged by government officials. Civil rights groups argue that this will make it harder for eligible Floridians to vote. The Mississippi law requires additional citizenship checks if applicants don't have or can't provide driver’s license numbers on their voter application. The law also requires annual checks of the voter rolls against an online database from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to flag potential noncitizens.
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