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Florida and Mississippi have enacted laws requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration, joining a wave that has brought the total to 12 states with such requirements since 2004. The laws target a problem — non-citizen voting — that state audits consistently show affects fewer than 0.001% of ballots cast, while research indicates over 21 million U.S. citizens lack ready access to the documents required, raising questions about whether the administrative burden is proportional to the threat.