Florida House passes election bill requiring U.S. citizenship to register to vote

An election bill that would require proof of American citizenship to vote and limit the kinds of identification voters could show at the polls was approved in the Republican-controlled Florida House on Wednesday. The vote was 88-31, along party lines.

The bill (HB 991) is similar to the citizenship requirement contained in the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America, Act, the federal legislation advocated by President Trump that passed two weeks ago in the U.S House of Representatives.

Advocates say it’s necessary to ensure that non-citizens aren’t eligible to vote in the Sunshine State, but voter rights groups and Democrats contend there has been little evidence of such fraud. The bill, they say, will disenfranchise an unknown number of registered voters in Florida.

The bill also removes student IDs as an acceptable form of identification when voting at the polls — language not included in the companion bill moving through the Florida Senate.



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