Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced Monday that two state lawmakers will be carrying a constitutional amendment that would require all elected state constitutional officers to be natural-born U.S. citizens.

The Natural Born Citizen Constitutional Amendment will be sponsored in the Senate by Senator Donnie Chesteen, R-Geneva, as Senate Bill 21. Additionally, Allen’s office announced that Representative Rhett Marques, R-Enterprise, has agreed to carry the bill in the House.

Allen’s office described the proposed amendment as “the cornerstone” of the secretary of state’s legislative agenda for 2026.

“Only natural-born U.S. citizens should be eligible to serve as constitutional officers in Alabama. This is an Alabama-first priority,” the secretary of state wrote in a Monday post o

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