Some excerpts from an article in The Clarion-Ledger

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks notes that gators can live anywhere in the state, but most live in the southern two-thirds. They're not usually aggressive, but juveniles often move to new areas in spring and summer, meaning they're more likely to turn up near people. They're are also attracted to food sources.

"Alligators like slow-moving freshwater rivers but are also found in swamps, marshes, and lakes," World Atlas wrote.

"I'm way too close to an alligator. Now what?"

The Florida law requires the Florida department of state to identify registered voters who may not be citizens and therefore ineligible, checking their registration against state and federal records to determine citizenship. A potentially ineligible voter will be contacted by the registrar and asked to provide documentation, and unenrolled if they do not do so. The law also adds US passport cards to the list of the types of ID acceptable as voter ID, while removing retirement center IDs, public assistance IDs, neighborhood association IDs, and debit and credit cards as acceptable ID. The changes will take effect on 1 January 2027. But some state laws will take effect sooner. South Dakota’s proof-of-citizenship legislation has been fast-tracked to take effect before the November midterms.

If you do, you'll want to see what you need to be prepared to vote in November.

This is the law that's being signed into effect in Mississippi. The first part of the law requires registrars to check a voter's info against the federal government's database for alien verification for entitlements (USCIS SAVE). If after doing this, they believe the voter is not a citizen, they can ask for the following.

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2588IN.htm

Any applicant who receives the notice under subsection * * * (2)(c) of this section shall, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such notice, provide proof of citizenship to the registrar or his or her designee.      ( * * *4)  For purposes of this section, proof of citizenship includes, but is not limited to:           (a)  The applicant's birth certificate or a legible photocopy of the birth certificate;           (b)  A United States passport, or a legible photocopy of the pertinent pages of the passport, identifying the applicant and showing the passport number;           (c)  The applicant's United States naturalization documentation, a legible photocopy of the naturalization documentation, or the number of the applicant's Certificate of Naturalization; except that any person who provides the number of the Certificate of Naturalization in lieu of the naturalization documentation shall not be deemed to have provided proof of citizenship until the number is verified with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security or its successor; or           (d)  Any document or method of proof of citizenship established by the Federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Public Law 99-603, compiled in 8 USC Section 1101 et seq.      ( * * *5)  If the applicant provides proof of citizenship and meets all other qualifications provided by law, the registrar shall register the applicant to vote.      ( * * *6)  If the applicant does not reply to the notice or provide proof of citizenship, the registrar of the county, or his or her designee, where the person registered to vote shall mark the applicant as "PENDING" in the Statewide Elections Management System until the next federal general election:           (a)  A voter in pending status may cast an affidavit ballot.  The affidavit ballot shall be considered if the voter provides the required documentation under subsection (5) of this section to the registrar within five (5) days of casting the affidavit ballot.           (b)  If the applicant fails to respond to the notice or cast an affidavit ballot and provide the proof described in subsection ( * * *4) of this section * * * during the period beginning on the date the notice was sent and ending on the day after the date of the second general election for federal office that occurs after the date of the notice, the registrar shall mark the applicant as "REJECTED" in the Statewide Elections Management System.

I don't know if this is the same in the other three states, but again, if you are a voter in these four states, or in a state that's looking to pass similar legislation, you'll want to see what you need.

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