Attorney General Steve Marshall and the attorneys general of 21 other states urged the U.S. Senate to join the U.S. House and immediately support the Safeguard American Voter and Eligibility (SAVE) Act on Tuesday.
The attorneys general highlighted the bipartisan nature of the SAVE Act, noting its passage on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, and strongly encouraged the Senate to pass the bill.
“President Biden’s decision to open America’s borders has led to an unprecedented number of illegal aliens entering our country, costing many Americans their livelihoods and some even their lives. Now that Americans stand poised to vote Biden out, he is opposing common sense measures that would help ensure that the aliens he has allowed into this country do not vote in November. His response that it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote is no answer, when Democrats are denying States the tools to make sure such laws are enforced.” Marshall said. “Only American citizens have the lawful right to vote in American elections, and I strongly urge the Senate to immediately pass the SAVE Act to ensure election integrity this November.”
The letter notes that in Arizona, voters who register to vote without proof of citizenship are designated “federal-only” voters, meaning they are allowed to vote in federal elections but not state or local elections.
The SAVE Act would ensure that only United States citizens would be able to vote by requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The bill would also help states identify and remove non-citizens from their voter registration rolls by providing access to federal databases.
In addition to Alabama, the letter was signed by attorneys general of Iowa, Indiana, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
To read the letter, click here.
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