Ahead of the upcoming legislative session, Secretary of State Wes Allen has proposed a new constitutional amendment requiring Alabama's elected constitutional officers to be natural-born citizens.

Allen's office said on Monday that the legislation, the Natural Born Citizen Constitutional Amendment (SB 21), has gained sponsors in both the State Senate and House.

On Monday, the Secretary of State's Office revealed that State Sen. Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva) has agreed to back the legislation.

“I am excited to get this legislation passed and put the amendment on a ballot for a vote of the people," Chesteen said. "When Wes Allen approached me with the idea of mandating that all of our state’s elected constitutional officers must be natural-born citizens of the United States, I told him tha

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