House Passes Bill Requiring Proof of Citizenship to VoteSean Moran 10 Jul 2024
The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would expand proof-of-citizenship requirements to vote in federal elections and impose voter roll purge requirements on states.
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act passed through the House in a 221-198 vote, with five Democrats voting in favor of the Republican bill.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced the legislation, and told Breitbart News Daily in June that there is “repeated evidence” of non-citizens voting.
“Let me just say this about the overall state of the election issue,” Roy said. “We’ve got repeated evidence of those who are here illegally — or, or whether they’re here legally — but non-citizens voting.”
If the legislation were to become law, state election officials would not be allowed to register applicants to vote in federal elections unless the applicants prove they have American citizenship.
“Noncitizen voting is a threat to election integrity,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in a policy brief on the bill.
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