1 day Ago By Byron Fisher
The House of Representatives will consider the SAVE Act this week. This act would ensure that only U.S.
citizens vote in U.S. elections.
Two federal laws govern election administration and voter registration: the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act. Although the law establishes that only citizens can vote, it does not provide a mechanism to ensure that only citizens register to vote. The SAVE ACT would require applicants for voter registration to present documentary proof of citizenship before they are added to the voter rolls.
What constitutes such proof? A birth certificate, naturalization paperwork, a passport or other document verifying their American citizenship. This is a long-overdue, commonsense reform. Noncitizen voter registration is a fundamental violation of American sovereignty.
Opponents of this bill argue that it would be another mandate on state election officials who are already inundated with burdensome federal directives. The reality is that state election officials are essentially required not to check for documentary proof of citizenship. That’s because the National Voter Registration Act requires states to “accept and use” the federal voter registration form that the Election Assistance Commission creates.
In 2004, Arizona voters passed a constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship for someone to be added to the voter rolls. In a country with porous borders, it would seem reasonable for a border state like Arizona to want to verify the citizenship of its voters. However, the Supreme Court struck down that law, ruling that states could not add any required information to the voter registration form because the National Voter Registration Act doesn’t allow it.
The Help America Vote Act also requires any voter registration applicant to register with their Social Security number or driver’s license number. Although that should keep noncitizens from registering to vote, 19 states and the District of Columbia give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. The act also requires states to give provisional ballots to voter registration applicants who do not have either an identifying number or a temporary identification number.
This law does not define temporary, nor does it allow that person to be removed from the voter rolls if they never provide this information. Liberals say this is not a real problem, but Oregon found 1,260 noncitizens on its voter rolls in the fall who had to be removed. Alabama removed 3,251 noncitizens, and Texas and Virginia removed more than 6,000.
The weakness in our electoral system is gaping and needs to be fixed. In a country whose system is based on the fundamental principle of “one man, one vote,” any noncitizen vote dilutes the vote of the American citizenry. Noncitizen voting is a part of the strategy of a massive left-wing attack on the American election system.
Liberal elected officials weaken election security, loosen election laws and diminish standards. Their left-wing nonprofit counterparts then take advantage of these vulnerabilities and collect voter registrations and harvest ballots to get more liberals elected. The far left in this country has a vested interest in these loopholes.
When Virginia removed 6,000 noncitizens from its voter rolls, the Biden Justice Department immediately sued the state to try to keep these noncitizens from being removed. Liberal opponents of this bill say noncitizen voting is not a problem. If it isn’t a problem, then why are they opposed to strengthening the system? Opponents of this bill also say it places too much of a burden on election officials.
If it’s such a burden, why not loosen the National Voter Registration Act and allow local and state election officials to maintain the integrity of our voter rolls without constant threats of lawsuits? Congress must pass the SAVE Act to protect American sovereignty and safeguard our elections. Copyright © 2025 The Washington Times, LLC. .
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