The House of Representatives is busy securing our elections before November election day. On Wednesday, the House passed a bill requiring individuals registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship to participate in federal elections. This bill would also require states to check voter rolls for registered noncitizens.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act<\/a>, or SAVE, is intended to prevent noncitizens from voting. That act is already illegal since only citizens can vote in federal elections. However, the National Voter Registration Act 1993 prohibits states from confirming citizenship status. In May, Representative Chip Roy of Texas introduced the SAVE Act. It would require most individuals to have a passport to register to vote. According to State Department data, only about 48% of U.S. citizens have a passport. In contrast, driver\u2019s licenses and tribal ID cards typically do not prove a person\u2019s citizenship and could not be used to register under the SAVE Act.<\/p>\n The Republicans voted in favor of H.B. 8281. You can read the bill here<\/a>. Speaker Johnson\u2019s office announced a report<\/a>\u00a0asserting the SAVE Act was critical for American election integrity.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Biden administration issued a Statement<\/a> of Administration Policy against the legislation, saying there is no cause for concern about noncitizen voting despite so many coming across our border illegally.<\/p>\n Rep. Joe Morelle of New York urged his colleagues to vote no on the bill, saying it would be devastating for all American voters. He talked about scaring Americans and how this was undemocratic.<\/p>\n Steil, a Wisconsin Republican, remarked that<\/p>\n The bill is not expected to advance in the Democratic-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n A passport requires more documentation than a driver’s license as proof of nationality. Here is a government site<\/a> to help you get started on a passport.<\/p>\n The House passed a bill requiring individuals registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship to participate in federal elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[243,241,203,205,249],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34422"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34433,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34422\/revisions\/34433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Party Lines<\/h3>\n
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in the past few decades, Americans\u2019 faith in the integrity of our elections has eroded, and it is Congress\u2019 responsibility to restore confidence in our election system [1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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What Is Needed For A Passport?<\/h3>\n
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