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From Breitbart: President Joe Biden is seemingly vowing to block legislation, known as the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, that would require proof of American citizenship before an applicant is registered to vote in federal elections.
The SAVE Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and co-sponsored by more than 100 House Republicans, would require state election officials to mandate voter registration applicants provide proof of American citizenship before they are added to the nation’s voter rolls.
“Federal law has been interpreted to prohibit states from checking to see if you’re a citizen even though, technically, the law says you must be a citizen,” Roy told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.
The Biden White House released a statement Monday condemning the proposed legislation:
The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 8281, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in Federal elections—it is a Federal crime punishable by prison and fines. The alleged justification for this bill is based on easily disproven falsehoods. Additionally, making a false claim of citizenship or unlawfully voting in an election is punishable by removal from the United States and a permanent bar to admission.
States already have effective safeguards in place to verify voters’ eligibility and maintain the accuracy of voter rolls. This bill would do nothing to safeguard our elections, but it would make it much harder for all eligible Americans to register to vote and increase the risk that eligible voters are purged from voter rolls. The evidence is clear that the current laws to prevent noncitizen voting are working as intended—it is extraordinarily rare for noncitizens to break the law by voting in Federal elections.
The President has been clear: he will continue fighting to protect Americans’ sacred right to vote in free, fair, and secure elections, including by calling on Congress to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. If House Republicans really want to do something about securing our border and fixing our broken immigration system, they should vote on the border deal that the President negotiated with a bipartisan group of Senators—this would provide immigration officials the resources they need to do their jobs and be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border that we have seen in decades.
Conservative actor Kevin Sorbo shared a copy of the statement and wrote, “The Biden administration came out against the SAVE ACT, which would require documentation and evidence that a person is a United States citizen in order to VOTE in the US elections. This is treason.”
The Biden administration came out against the SAVE ACT, which would require documentation and evidence that a person is a United States citizen in order to VOTE in the US elections.
This is treason. pic.twitter.com/eaqbRlxUDZ
— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) July 9, 2024
81% of Americans want ID verification to vote. It’s pretty straightforward.
Democrats are assulating American Citizenship on a daily basis – elections, open borders, fiscal health, welfare to noncitizens.
It’s time to stand up for AMERICANS and pass the SAVE Act. #SAVEAct pic.twitter.com/009w1Tiibn
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) July 8, 2024
