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House approves requirement to mark citizenship status on new driver'licenses and use provisional ballots for non-citizen IDs
Summary
HB 2587, requiring citizenship status on newly issued driver's licenses at renewal and allowing provisional ballots when a voter presents a non-citizen ID, passed the House 77-42 after supporters said it follows court guidance on backend verification and opponents warned of profiling and harm to non-citizen residents.
Representative Proctor presented the conference committee report on HB 2587 (containing prior HB 2448), explaining the bill requires the Department of Revenue to place citizenship status on newly issued driver'licenses at renewal and requires poll workers to provide a provisional ballot to someone presenting a non-citizen ID who…
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