WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall penned a new op-ed urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act. Marshall argues that Alabama already has commonsense proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote, and it's time for the rest of the country to follow suit and ensure that only American citizens vote in American elections.
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AG Marshall
op-ed: It’s time to pass the SAVE America Act
Yellowhammer
News
August 1,
2026
"Midterms
are less than four months away, and Democrats are still fighting commonsense
election security measures.
For years,
Americans were told our election infrastructure was secure. We now know better.
There is an ongoing, documented effort, by domestic bad actors and foreign
adversaries alike, to exploit vulnerabilities in our system.
Americans
want an election system they can verify, not one they’re simply asked to trust.
They’re demanding clear rules: proof of citizenship at registration, a valid ID
at the polls, and an end to mail-in ballots except in narrowly defined
circumstances. It’s time for Congress to pass the SAVE America Act.
A DHS
review of state voter rolls, and public records identified roughly 278,000
non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections. Notably, Democrat-led
states that refused to share their voter files were excluded from that count —
meaning the true national number is likely higher.
None of
what the SAVE America Act proposes is outside the mainstream.
A Fox News
poll conducted July 17–20, 2026, found 83 percent of registered voters favor
requiring photo ID to register, support that spans Republicans, Democrats, and
independents alike.
Several
states have already put these standards into practice.
Alabama has
required photo ID at the polls since 2011 and strengthened that requirement in
2019 to cover absentee ballot applications as well — a law that has been
successfully defended in court. Other states have imposed and defended the same
reasonable standard. Congress, and the states still resisting reform, should
set politics aside and secure the foundation of this country: fair elections.
[...]
States like Alabama didn’t
wait for Washington’s permission to secure their elections. They wrote the law,
defended it in court, and proved it works. The SAVE America Act is now before
Congress — tested, popular, and ready to pass. Let’s make it law today..."
