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Speakers in transcript urge passage of 'Save Act' to require proof of citizenship for federal voter registration
Summary
Speakers in the provided transcript urged passage of the federal "Save Act," saying it would require proof of citizenship to register for federal elections, impose criminal penalties for knowingly registering noncitizens and close what they described as legal and administrative loopholes that allow ineligible registrants.
Speakers identified only by number in the transcript urged rapid enactment of the federal "Save Act," saying the bill would require proof of citizenship to register for federal elections and add criminal penalties for knowingly registering a noncitizen. They framed the measure as a response to state-level "purges" and audits that, they said, uncovered noncitizen registrations and to a 1993 federal law they said limits states' ability to seek proof of citizenship.
The argument opened with Speaker 1 saying election security is ‘‘a big deal’’ and that "No election no non citizen should vote," and continued with multiple speakers citing examples they said showed the problem exists. Speaker 2 described how the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) channels voter…
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