House To Again Vote On Bill Requiring Voters Prove Citizenship

An election integrity bill is expected to make a comeback in Congress next week.

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), seeks to “amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office.”

Although the GOP-led House last year passed the SAVE Act, which also pushes states to remove non-citizens from voter rolls, the bill never got a vote in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Now, both chambers of Congress are commanded by Republicans.

On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced in a post on X that the lower chamber “will vote on the SAVE Act to ensure ONLY American citizens vote in American elections” next week.

The moves came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that threatens to strip federal funds from states that do not require proof of citizenship to register for federal elections.

Only five Democrats joined with the majority of Republicans voted to pass the SAVE Act through the House last July.

Critics, including former President Joe Biden’s administration, argued the bill was unnecessary and would create an undue burden on legitimate voters.

But a report from Johnson warned of a National Voter Registration Act “loophole” in which states do not ask for proof of citizenship when registering an individual to vote in federal elections and cited evidence of non-citizens appearing on voter rolls in places such as Massachusetts, Ohio, and Virginia.

During an interview on “The Will Cain Show” from Fox News, Roy delivered a retort to his bill’s detractors.

“People in the radical Left are trying to say, ‘Oh! This is going to prevent, like, married women from voting because if they get married, their name changes.’ … It’s all bogus. It’s all a lie made up by the radical Left. All this will do is prevent illegals from voting,” Roy said.

The House is also slated to vote next week on a bill that would stem the tide of federal judges who have issued nationwide injunctions against elements of Trump’s second-term agenda.