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S. 128119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics
SAVE Act
Sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) · 49 active : 49 Republicans
Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Where it standsBefore the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govSafeguard American Voter Eligibility Act or the SAVE Act
This bill requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections.
Specifically, the bill prohibits states from accepting and processing an application to register to vote in a federal election unless the applicant presents documentary proof of U.S. citizenship. The bill specifies what documents are considered acceptable proof of U.S. citizenship, such as identification that complies with the REAL ID Act of 2005 that indicates U.S. citizenship.
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Further, the bill (1) prohibits states from registering an individual to vote in a federal election unless, at the time the individual applies to register to vote, the individual provides documentary proof of U.S. citizenship; and (2) requires states to establish an alternative process under which an applicant may submit other evidence to demonstrate U.S. citizenship.
Each state must take affirmative steps on an ongoing basis to ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered to vote, which shall include establishing a program to identify individuals who are not U.S. citizens using information supplied by certain sources.
Additionally, states must remove noncitizens from their official lists of eligible voters.
The bill allows for a private right of action against an election official who registers an applicant to vote in a federal election who fails to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.
The bill establishes criminal penalties for certain offenses, including registering an applicant to vote in a federal election who fails to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Citizenship and naturalization
- Civil actions and liability
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Election Assistance Commission
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government information and archives
- Immigration status and procedures
- Licensing and registrations
- Postal service
- State and local government operations
- Voting rights
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 30Middle 30–70
- 62Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
49 activeShow all 49 cosponsors
- Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- James E. Risch (R-ID)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Mike Crapo (R-ID)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
- Jon Husted (R-OH)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
