Overview
- The bill’s advance in the Senate is stalled after a 53–47 amendment failed, with debate expected to resume in mid-April.
- The SAVE Act would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register or update records, and Real ID or a military ID would not count on their own.
- A U.S. District Court found a similar Kansas policy disenfranchised about 30,000 would‑be voters while evidence showed 39 noncitizen registrants from 1999 to 2013.
- The Brennan Center estimates more than 21 million eligible citizens lack the passport or birth‑certificate proof the bill would require.
- Critics cite fees and paperwork—about $160 for a passport and time to retrieve a birth certificate—and note mismatched names can trip up married women, a hurdle Sen. Roger Marshall called a “hassle factor.”