{"id":21692,"date":"2026-03-13T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/take-notes-america-florida-just-passed-a-voter-integrity-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:22:00","slug":"take-notes-america-florida-just-passed-a-voter-integrity-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/take-notes-america-florida-just-passed-a-voter-integrity-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Notes, America \u2014 Florida Just Passed A Voter Integrity Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Florida <\/span>Republicans <\/span>just <\/span>passed <\/span>a <\/span>sweeping <\/span>voter <\/span>integrity <\/span>bill <\/span>aimed <\/span>at <\/span>safeguarding <\/span>the <\/span>state\u2019s <\/span>elections \u2014 <\/span>with <\/span>one <\/span>key <\/span>timeline <\/span>detail.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Republican-<\/span>controlled <\/span>Legislature <\/span>pushed <\/span>the <\/span>measure <\/span>through <\/span>Thursday, <\/span>sending <\/span>it <\/span>to <\/span>Gov. <\/span>Ron <\/span>DeSantis <\/span>after <\/span>it <\/span>cleared <\/span>both <\/span>chambers <\/span>in <\/span>largely <\/span>party-<\/span>line <\/span>votes. <\/span>The <\/span>Florida <\/span>House <\/span>approved <\/span>the <\/span>bill <\/span>77\u2013<\/span>28, <\/span>while <\/span>the <\/span>Senate <\/span>passed <\/span>it <\/span>earlier <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>day <\/span>by <\/span>a <\/span>27\u2013<\/span>12 <\/span>vote.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>legislation <\/span>is <\/span>modeled <\/span>on <\/span>President <\/span>Donald <\/span>Trump\u2019s <\/span>SAVE <\/span>America <\/span>Act, <\/span>a <\/span>federal <\/span>proposal <\/span>that <\/span>would <\/span>require <\/span>proof <\/span>of <\/span>U.<\/span>S. <\/span>citizenship <\/span>when <\/span>registering <\/span>to <\/span>vote.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>measure <\/span>requires <\/span>proof <\/span>of <\/span>citizenship <\/span>during <\/span>voter <\/span>registration <\/span>and <\/span>expands <\/span>coordination <\/span>between <\/span>election <\/span>officials <\/span>and <\/span>state <\/span>agencies <\/span>responsible <\/span>for <\/span>confirming <\/span>eligibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

DeSantis <\/span>praised <\/span>the <\/span>legislation <\/span>after <\/span>lawmakers <\/span>sent <\/span>it <\/span>to <\/span>his <\/span>desk, <\/span>saying <\/span>the <\/span>move <\/span>would <\/span>further <\/span>cement <\/span>Florida\u2019s <\/span>reputation <\/span>as <\/span>a <\/span>national <\/span>leader <\/span>on <\/span>election <\/span>security.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Although <\/span>Florida <\/span>has <\/span>already <\/span>enacted <\/span>much <\/span>of <\/span>what <\/span>the <\/span>federal <\/span>legislation <\/span>contemplates, <\/span>this <\/span>will <\/span>further <\/span>fortify <\/span>our <\/span>state <\/span>as <\/span>the <\/span>leader <\/span>in <\/span>election <\/span>integrity,\u201d <\/span>DeSantis <\/span>wrote <\/span>on <\/span>social <\/span>media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Florida <\/span>already <\/span>bans <\/span>non-<\/span>citizens <\/span>from <\/span>voting \u2014 <\/span>a <\/span>prohibition <\/span>voters <\/span>added <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>state <\/span>constitution <\/span>in <\/span>2020. <\/span>The <\/span>new <\/span>legislation <\/span>builds <\/span>on <\/span>that <\/span>rule <\/span>by <\/span>tightening <\/span>how <\/span>the <\/span>state <\/span>verifies <\/span>citizenship <\/span>during <\/span>the <\/span>voter <\/span>registration <\/span>process.<\/span><\/p>\n

State <\/span>Sen. <\/span>Erin <\/span>Grall, <\/span>the <\/span>Republican <\/span>sponsor <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>legislation, <\/span>said <\/span>lawmakers <\/span>must <\/span>continue <\/span>strengthening <\/span>election <\/span>protections <\/span>where <\/span>vulnerabilities <\/span>exist.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>What <\/span>is <\/span>our <\/span>tolerance <\/span>for <\/span>fraud <\/span>and <\/span>lack <\/span>of <\/span>integrity?\u201d <\/span>Grall <\/span>said <\/span>during <\/span>debate.<\/span><\/p>\n

State <\/span>investigators <\/span>have <\/span>previously <\/span>uncovered <\/span>instances <\/span>of <\/span>non-<\/span>citizens <\/span>registering <\/span>or <\/span>casting <\/span>ballots. <\/span>A <\/span>report <\/span>released <\/span>last <\/span>year <\/span>by <\/span>Florida\u2019s <\/span>Office <\/span>of <\/span>Election <\/span>Crimes <\/span>and <\/span>Security <\/span>said <\/span>investigators <\/span>reviewed <\/span>more <\/span>than <\/span>800 <\/span>potential <\/span>cases <\/span>and <\/span>identified <\/span>nearly <\/span>200 <\/span>individuals <\/span>believed <\/span>to <\/span>have <\/span>illegally <\/span>registered <\/span>or <\/span>voted. <\/span>Many <\/span>of <\/span>those <\/span>cases <\/span>were <\/span>referred <\/span>to <\/span>law <\/span>enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>legislation <\/span>also <\/span>includes <\/span>additional <\/span>election <\/span>changes, <\/span>including <\/span>a <\/span>provision <\/span>preventing <\/span>college <\/span>students <\/span>from <\/span>using <\/span>student <\/span>identification <\/span>cards <\/span>when <\/span>voting <\/span>in <\/span>person.<\/span><\/p>\n

One <\/span>key <\/span>timeline <\/span>detail <\/span>appears <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>legislation <\/span>itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>proof-<\/span>of-<\/span>citizenship <\/span>requirement <\/span>would <\/span>not <\/span>take <\/span>effect <\/span>until <\/span>2027, <\/span>meaning <\/span>it <\/span>would <\/span>not <\/span>apply <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>2026 <\/span>midterm <\/span>elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>delayed <\/span>rollout <\/span>gives <\/span>state <\/span>agencies <\/span>and <\/span>local <\/span>election <\/span>supervisors <\/span>time <\/span>to <\/span>update <\/span>voter <\/span>registration <\/span>systems <\/span>and <\/span>coordinate <\/span>verification <\/span>procedures <\/span>before <\/span>the <\/span>new <\/span>requirements <\/span>begin.<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>bill <\/span>now <\/span>heads <\/span>to <\/span>DeSantis\u2019 <\/span>desk <\/span>for <\/span>his <\/span>signature.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Florida Republicans just passed a sweeping voter integrity bill aimed at safeguarding the state\u2019s elections \u2014 with one key timeline detail. The Republican-controlled Legislature pushed the measure through Thursday, sending it to Gov. Ron DeSantis after it cleared both chambers in largely party-line votes. The Florida House approved the bill 77\u201328, while the Senate passed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}