JENNY BETH MARTIN: It’s Time To Pass The SAVE America Act

The SAVE America Act is one of those bills with a core principle so obvious that it should pass the House and Senate unanimously. Only American citizens should decide American elections – full stop. And if Washington is going to take election integrity seriously, it has to start where the vulnerability begins: at registration.

That’s exactly what the SAVE America Act does. It amends the National Voter Registration Act, enacted in 1993 under President Bill Clinton, to require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship before would-be voters are allowed to register to vote.

Under current law, registering to vote in federal elections requires nothing more than an applicant checking a box and signing a form attesting that he or she is a U.S. citizen. No documentary proof is required. We take would-be voters’ word for it.

That’s just not good enough. Securing our elections is too important to rely on such a wafer-thin security regime.

Here’s the part the political class keeps pretending not to notice: the American people already support toughening identification requirements. We know, because we commissioned a poll to find out. In mid-July 2025, Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA) directed McLaughlin & Associates to survey likely general election voters.

The results were astounding.

Asked whether they agree that “Proof of United States citizenship should be required to register to vote in American elections,” voters didn’t just agree, they roared their agreement.