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The States Advancing New Voting Restrictions
- Florida, Mississippi, South Dakota and Utah signed or pursued new voter restrictions to require citizenship proofs and stricter IDs.
- Several states are putting constitutional amendments on ballots to bar non-citizens from voting in November.
- The article stresses that non-citizen voting is extremely rare according to research, yet supporters argue these laws strengthen election integrity.
- Florida’s law also requires verification of citizenship for already registered voters against state and federal records.
- The SAVE Act and related state measures have sparked lawsuits from voting-rights groups challenging the new rules.
- Mississippi’s Shield Act uses state DPS and USCIS SAVE databases to verify citizenship for voters.
- Utah’s law requires proof of citizenship for new registrants and mandates a record-review by July 1.
- South Dakota’s emergency clause allows immediate effect for the new voting requirements.
- Several states are considering ballot measures in November that would restrict voting eligibility to U.S. citizens.
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