Voting is a precious privilege of U.S. citizenship, and every noncitizen who votes cancels the vote of an American citizen.
While federal and state law limits voting to U.S. citizens, enforcement has been seriously undermined by loopholes in the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). There is no federal requirement for states to obtain proof of citizenship and, worse, the NVRA has been interpreted to prevent states from requiring proof of citizenship when registering voters.
Biden-era open border policies flooded vulnerable states with millions of illegal immigrants—none of whom have the legal right to vote—putting the integrity of our elections at risk. Without a federal law explicitly requiring states to verify citizenship, fraudsters will continue to register non-citizens in an effort to manipulate elections. The SAVE Act closes this gap.
The SAVE Act (S.128) introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), amends the NVRA to require states to obtain proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration and allows states to use existing federal databases to remove non-citizens from voter rolls.
The U.S. House of Representatives has already passed the SAVE Act, recognizing that election integrity is a top priority. However, despite a majority of Republican U.S. Senators cosponsoring the bill—it’s stuck in the Senate Rules Committee.