Attorney General Marshall Calls on Congress to Safeguard Election Integrity

For Immediate Release:
July 16, 2024

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(Montgomery, Ala.) - Earlier today, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and the attorneys general of 21 other states urged the U.S. Senate to join the U.S. House and immediately support the Safeguard American Voter and Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The AGs highlighted the bipartisan nature of the SAVE Act, noting its passage on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, and strongly encouraged the Senate to do their part and pass the bill.

"President Biden's decision to open America's borders has led to an unprecedented number of illegal aliens entering our country, costing many Americans their livelihoods and some even their lives. Now that Americans stand poised to vote Biden out, he is opposing commonsense measures that would help ensure that the aliens he has allowed into this country do not vote in November. His response that it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote is no answer, when Democrats are denying States the tools to make sure such laws are enforced." Attorney General Steve Marshall said. "Only American citizens have the lawful right to vote in American elections, and I strongly urge the Senate to immediately pass the SAVE Act to ensure election integrity this November."

The letter recounts President Biden's disastrous immigration policies that have increased the risk that non-citizens will vote in the 2024 general elections. The letter notes how in Arizona, voters who register to vote without proof of citizenship are designated "federal-only" voters, meaning they are allowed to vote in federal, but not state or local, elections.

The SAVE Act would ensure that only Unites States citizens would be able to vote by requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The bill would also help states identify and remove non-citizens from their voter registration rolls by providing access to federal databases.

In addition to Alabama, the letter was led by the Attorney General Brenna Bird of Iowa and signed by the attorneys general of Indiana, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

To read the letter, click here.

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