US EditionDeSantis signs Florida version of SAVE Act into law
The law adds documentary proof rules, tighter voter ID limits and new candidate disclosures, with most provisions taking effect Jan. 1, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida SAVE Act at The Villages, enacting mandatory documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements and stricter voter ID rules for Florida elections.
- The Republican-controlled Legislature passed the bill to mirror the stalled federal Safeguard American Voter Eligibility America Act, with DeSantis asserting the law strengthens election integrity despite 99.7 percent of Florida voters already complying.
- Effective January 1, 2027, the law prohibits using student and retirement community IDs for voting and requires the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to note citizenship status on new driver's licenses.
- Voting-Rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the League of Women Voters of Florida, filed federal lawsuits on the same day, arguing the law violates First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
- Advocates warn more than 1 million Floridians, including naturalized citizens, married women, and older Black voters, could be disenfranchised by the law, as many lack the specific documents required for registration.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Florida SAVE Act into law, a measure state officials say is aimed at strengthening election security, improving voter roll accuracy, and increasing transparency in the state’s electoral system. The legislation, passed as House Bill 991, builds on a series of election-related reforms enacted in Florida since the 2020 […] The post Ron DeSantis Signs Florida SAVE Act, Expanding Election Integrity Measures ap…
Voting Rights Groups File Suit as DeSantis Signs Proof-of-Citizenship Law
While Congress remains deadlocked on the SAVE America Act that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, that requirement will soon become the law of the land in Florida now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the latest “voting integrity ” legislation. The governor signed the bill (HB 991) into law Wednesday in The Villages following its approval by the Florida Legislature last month. The law requires people who are registerin…
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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping elections bill Wednesday requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, and within minutes, voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging the measure.
DeSantis signs Florida's version of SAVE Act and is immediately sued by Dem lawfare king · American Wire News
Voting rights groups moved with lightning speed after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis officially signed the state’s own version of the SAVE Act into law, suing to overturn the common-sense election integrity measures. In a preview of the legal resistance that will meet the SAVE America Act on the national level if Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) ever gets his act together, the groups that are represented by Democrat lawfare king Marc Elia…
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