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Republican SAVE Act Would Require Proof of Citizenship for Federal Voter Registration
The SAVE Act mandates documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections, affecting 21.3 million voters lacking easy access to required documents, a University of Maryland study found.
- On a mostly party-line vote, the U.S. House passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act last month, mandating documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for federal voter registration; the bill moves to the Senate for debate next week.
- While President Donald Trump touts the bill as "common sense," critics call it a "show your papers" law, citing New Hampshire voter Joshua Bogdan's recent frustration retrieving his birth certificate to cast a ballot.
- A 2025 University of Maryland study estimates 21.3 million eligible Americans lack easy access to citizenship documents; passports cost at least $257, and New York birth certificate backlogs extend to four months.
- Because the legislation contains no phase-in period, it applies immediately to this year's midterm elections, prompting Rebekah Caruthers, CEO of the Fair Elections Center, to warn it could deny millions their "fundamental freedom to vote."
- Similar proof-of-citizenship efforts in Kansas a decade ago resulted in a debacle that prevented more than 30,000 citizens from registering, and the bill provides no federal funding to help states implement these changes.
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The biggest change to voting in Republican election bill could become a burden for many US voters
Congressional Republicans are pushing voting legislation that's backed by President Donald Trump and would require voters to produce documentary proof of citizenship in order to register for federal elections.
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