ORLANDO, Fla. — Governors in Florida and Mississippi signed into law measures that require officials to verify the citizenship of voters, just as similar legislation being pushed by President Donald Trump has stalled in Congress.

Voting Lee County file

In this file photo from Nov. 2, 2021, Lee County residents enter Lawndale Presbyterian Church to vote in the Lee County District 3 supervisors race in Tupelo.

The law signed last Wednesday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was immediately challenged in court by civil rights organizations that said it will make it harder for Floridians to vote.

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