Poll: Americans Fear Noncitizens Influencing U.S. Elections

The National Voting Rights Act nominally makes it illegal for noncitizens to vote in American elections, but the NVRA’s requirement that voters check a box affirming that they are citizens is easily circumvented and difficult to enforce. The SAVE America Act, recently passed by the House of Representatives and now stalled in the Senate, would rectify this issue, requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote and purging noncitizens from voter rolls. While Democrats deride the legislation as racist, surveys show that Americans actually support measures to ensure that noncitizens do not vote in and influence the outcome of our elections.