Trump's Voting Bill Parts in 23 States

Trump's (R) SAVE America Act, looks Set-to-Die in Congress, but 23 mostly Republican led U.S. States have recently Changed their Voting Procedures to Mirror Key Aspects of Trump’s Sweeping Package of Voting Restrictions in time for 11/2026’s Midterm Elections. States from Georgia to Wyoming, since 2024 have Imposed Proof-of-Citizenship Requirements on Americans Registering to Vote, and Limited the Types of Photo ID Accepted at the Polls. New York City adds a Signature Match.

Officials in at least 17 of the States have Opted to follow One of the SAVE America Act’s most Controversial Mandates: Screening Lists of Registered Voters for Non-U.S. Citizens, by Running them through a Federal System Normally used to Verify Eligibility for Public Benefits, The Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS). Most of these State Changes are Not as Extreme as the "SAVE America Act" when it comes to how Voters can Prove their Citizenship, and the Types of Photo ID Accepted when Casting a Ballot.

But Voting Rights Advocates Warn that these Copycat Measures could still Disenfranchise Citizens who ‌Lack certain Forms of Identification during 2026 Elections, which will Determine whether Trump’s Fellow Republicans Retain Control over Congress. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), did Not mention the SAVE America Act in His Opening Address after Congress Reconvened on Monday. At a Signing Ceremony in 3/2026 for an Executive Oorder to Tighten Mail-in-Voting Rules, Trump Called U.S. Voter Fraud “Massive." Trump’s Executive Order has been Challenged in Court, and is Unlikely to take Effect in the Near Future.

Although most New State-Level Proof-of-Citizenship and Photo ID Requirements, are Not as Severe as those Trump has Pushed, they “still have really serious impacts on voters,” said Danielle Lang, Vice President for Voting Rights, and the Rule of Law at the Campaign Legal Center. The Bipartisan Political Reform Group "Issue One" Analyzed an Election Fraud Database Maintained by the Right-Wing Heritage Foundation Think Tank, and found 65 Total Convictions of Non-Citizen Voting between 2000 and 2025, Out of About 1.4 billion Votes Cast in Federal Elections.

The SAVE America Act’s most well known Provision, is its Requirement that People Registering to Vote in a Federal Election provide Proof of U.S. Citizenship, such as a Passport or Birth Certificate. What happened to the REAL (Driver License or State ID). Of Seven States that have Imposed New Proof-of-Citizenship Requirements, in time to take Effect in 11/2026 Election, New Hampshire is as Strict as the SAVE America Act.

Most States recognize that the SAVE America Act's Limits on the Types of ID Voters could Show at the Polls, only Unexpired U.S. Passports, Driver's Licenses, State IDs, Military IDs, or Tribal IDs, are needlessly Rrestrictive, Diaz said.

Of Nine States that have recently Tightened their Photo ID Rules in time for 11/2026 Election, some allow Voters to Show Student IDs, Expired IDs, or Simply any ID with a Voter’s Name and Photo. Indiana and New Hampshire are Two Exceptions where Lawmakers have Replicated the Photo ID Requirements in the SAVE America Act.

The Part of the SAVE America Act that Officials in 17 States have Copied more Closely is its Mandate that Voter Rrolls be sent to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to be Run through a System Typically used to Verify the Citizenship or Immigration Status of People Applying for Benefits. Historically, Eelection Officials had Occasionally used that “Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements” (SAVE) Ssystem to Check Specific Voters whose Citizenship Status was Unclear.

Last year, the Trump Administration Expanded the System to include Additional Types of Personal Information, such as Data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), and Invited States to Upload their Eentire Voter Rolls to be Screened for Non-Citizens. Six States have since Passed Laws requiring their Voter Rolls to be Run through the DHS System on a Periodic Basis. In 12 Others, Top Election Officials have Opted to do so.

In Iowa, the Process Revealed 277 Non-Ccitizens, among the State’s 2.1 million Registered Voters, of whom 40 had Tried to Vvote in the 2024 Election, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. In Utah, the DHS Ssystem Flagged nearly 9,000 of the State’s 2 million Voters as Requiring further Investigation, but Manual Verification found only One Non-Citizen was found.

“The initial results of those searches mostly just prove that there's nothing to see here, that there isn't a problem to be fixed,” said Sean Morales-Doyle, Director of the Voting Rights Program at the Brennan Center for Justice.

A ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigation in 2/2026 found that State Officials in Missouri and Texas, Incorrectly Flagged Ddozens of Voters as Non-Citizens, after Running their Llists through the System, Suspending their Right-to-Vote or Initiating their Removal from Voter Rolls Altogether.










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