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- **Posted:** 2026-02-10T18:52:48.000+00:00
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Another batch of Florida election bills: ‘Pull the fire alarm or declare victory’

by Margie Menzel, Florida Trident
February 6, 2026

Yet again, Florida lawmakers and advocates on both sides are clashing over election bills — and that’s a harbinger of what is to come in this election year.

This week, a contentious measure (SB 1334/HB 991) would prevent non-U.S. citizens from registering to vote, and legislators passed it out of its first House and Senate committees. Opponents filled the meeting rooms on Wednesday and Thursday, arguing that Floridians had passed a 2020 constitutional amendment preventing those who are not citizens from voting in state elections, so the bills aren’t needed and would only create barriers.

But supporters said the legislation is necessary to tighten the requirements for proof of citizenship.

In both chambers, the proposal directs the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to collaborate with election officials to verify voter citizenship.

The Senate measure, sponsored by Sen. Erin Grall, R-Vero Beach, would add to the oath which a potential voter must take: “I further do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a United States Citizen and that I have carefully reviewed the instructions for completing the Florida Voter Registration Application. I understand that if I have provided false information on this application, I could be subject to criminal penalties, fines, or imprisonment for perjury, and if not a United States citizen, deportation from the United States.”

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