Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen and a Republican state senator want to change the state Constitution to require the state’s elected officials to be citizens born in the United States.

The natural born citizen requirement would apply to all of Alabama’s elected posts that are designated by the state Constitution – governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, legislators, judges, sheriffs, and others.

Allen, who is running for lieutenant governor, said the idea is to apply the same standard that requires the president and vice president to be born in the United States.

“We are just mirroring what the U.S. Constitution requires of our president and vice president,” Allen said.

“We want to make sure that no potential foreign influence or foreign meddling could impact our state’s

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