Overview
- The House passed the SAVE America Act on a near party‑line vote with one Democrat in support, sending the bill to a Senate where it lacks a clear path to 60 votes.
- A Heritage Action‑commissioned survey reports majority backing for requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register in Alaska, Georgia, Maine, Ohio, and North Carolina.
- The measure would replace attestation with specific documents such as a passport or birth certificate and add stricter photo ID at the polls.
- Civil‑rights and voting‑rights groups warn the rules would disproportionately burden eligible voters who lack matching documents, including many people who have changed their names, young and low‑income voters, and some rural residents and voters of color.
- Researchers cite exceedingly rare instances of noncitizen voting and the Brennan Center flags legal and administrative risks for election officials, including incentives to reject registrations and likely confusion and delays.