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Rick Scott: “You shouldn't be able to register to vote if you can't prove…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Senator Rick Scott joins Florida Live

Published | Video Starts at 03:39

So call your senators and make sure they care about this. You should have to have ID to vote. I mean, you have to have ID for so many other things. You shouldn't be able to register to vote if you can't prove you're an American citizen. So these are sort of basic issues that Republicans, Democrats, Independents, all across the country want. You'd support getting rid of the filibuster for this? Absolutely. (03:39–03:44)

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Asserts that proof of American citizenship should be required for voter registration.

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