House to Vote Again on Bill Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote

In a major push for election integrity, House Republicans are bringing back legislation that would finally require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in federal elections.

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, championed by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), is set to hit the House floor again next week. The bill seeks to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, closing loopholes that currently allow individuals to register without having to prove they are U.S. citizens.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) confirmed the news on Friday, writing on X: “Next week, the House will vote on the SAVE Act to ensure ONLY American citizens vote in American elections.”

This renewed vote follows President Trump’s recent executive order threatening to cut federal funding to states that continue to allow voter registration without proof of citizenship an order designed to ensure that non-citizens are not tipping the scales in federal elections.

Key components of the SAVE Act include:

• Requiring documented proof of citizenship for voter registration in federal elections

• Mandating state-level efforts to purge non-citizens from current voter rolls

• Cracking down on vulnerabilities in the existing system exploited by progressive strongholds

The bill previously passed the House last year, but died in the then Democrat-controlled Senate. With Republicans now holding both chambers, it has a real shot at becoming law.

Only five Democrats joined Republicans to support the measure in 2023, despite mounting evidence that non-citizens are registered to vote in states like Massachusetts, Virginia, and Ohio. A report from Speaker Johnson’s office cited these as examples of why federal action is urgently needed.

Rep. Roy slammed the bill’s critics on Fox News, calling their objections “bogus.”

“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.”

The Biden administration and its allies claim the bill is unnecessary but the same crowd also insists that voter ID is racist, ballot harvesting is safe, and mail-in voting is fraud-proof. Meanwhile, the American people know better. A 2023 Rasmussen poll showed that 78% of likely U.S. voters support requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.

Alongside the SAVE Act, the House is also set to vote on legislation aimed at stopping activist federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions against Trump’s agenda a move to rein in judicial overreach that paralyzed parts of his first administration.

With Trump back in office and Republicans moving decisively, these bills could mark the beginning of a long-overdue return to common-sense election laws. The radical Left’s open-borders, open-ballots vision is finally being challenged with real action.

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