In July, the House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would amend the 1993 National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) – also called the “motor voter” law – to make states require documentation of a person's citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections and ensure states to remove non-citizens from their voter rolls.
Thousands of non-citizen voters have been discovered on voter rolls this year.
A sizeable number of Democrats have downplayed concerns over non-citizens voting, while more states find thousands of them registered to vote ahead of the November presidential election.
8281, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.
However, states have continued to find non-citizens on their voter rolls, and some who may have have voted in federal elections, after being registered to vote through the motor vehicles department.
As Republicans have attempted to pass a bill through Congress ensuring that only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections, Democrats have pushed back, claiming that non-citizens are already prohibited from voting in U.S. elections.
Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Ohio have all included language in their state constitutions that prohibits non-citizen voting.
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