“Despite all of the hand wringing over citizenship verification, the three big Republican bills leave the constitutional loophole for legal noncitizen voting wide open. To get around the citizenship verification requirements of these bills a state may choose to legalize noncitizen voting for state and federal elections. That’s when things really go haywire.” — Avi Fortenberry, president of Americans for Citizen Voting

Despite public support and majorities in both houses, Republicans have been unable to pass the SAVE Act because of Democratic objections in the Senate.

But a proposed constitutional amendment could be a way to unite lawmakers from both parties to pass meaningful election reform.

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act – as well as the SAVE America Act and the MEGA (Make Elections Great Again) Act – would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and, in some versions, to update your registration and to vote at the polls. Those documents could be passports, birth certificates, naturalization papers, etc.

Democrats object to voters being required to show proof of citizenship and to show photo ID to prove their identity. They feel millions of American citizens with the right to vote could be disenfranchised because of the paperwork required to provide the necessary documentation.

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