Amid the worst border crisis in American history and the general election just months away, Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to ensure that only U.S. citizens will vote in the federal election.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) recently introduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act which would bolster efforts to ensure that only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections by requiring proof of citizenship to register.
“There is currently an unprecedented and a clear and present danger to the integrity of our election system. And that is the threat of non-citizens and illegal aliens voting in our elections,” said Johnson during a recent press conference.
The 22-page bill amends the National Voter Registration Act to require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
It would require voters to provide a form of I.D. including a U.S. passport, military I.D., birth certificate, naturalization certificate, or a government-issued photo I.D. card showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States.
It also outlines that if someone is voting by mail, they must go to an election official’s office to show proof of citizenship by a certain deadline.
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