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House panel advances voter citizenship check bill on party-line vote

(The Center Square) — Louisiana lawmakers voted along party lines Tuesday to advance a bill that would require the state to use a federal immigration database to check whether registered voters are U.S. citizens, with supporters calling it an election-integrity measure and opponents warning it could wrongly target eligible voters.

House Bill 691 by Rep. Beau Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, cleared committ…

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