WASHINGTON,
D.C. – This week, President Trump used his State of the Union
address to call for nationwide
voter ID and urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to
strengthen election security. Republican Party Chairman Joe Gruters released
the following statement:
“Protecting
the sanctity of our elections is fundamental to ensuring voters have confidence
when they cast their ballots,” said Chairman Gruters. “More than 80
percent of Americans support voter ID. That’s not a partisan position – it’s a
national consensus. But virtually every Democrat in the House and Senate has
refused to back the Save America Act, which would ensure only eligible American
citizens are voting in our elections.”
The
Republican National Committee is working across the nation to advance proof of
citizenship requirements, strengthen voter roll maintenance, implement
safeguards for mail-in voting, and protect voter ID.
Overview
of the RNC’s election integrity efforts:
- The RNC is working to ensure
America’s elections are secure and free of fraud by engaging in more than
100 lawsuits across more than 30 states.
- So far this year, the RNC has:
- Advanced Watson
v. Republican National Committee to the Supreme Court, seeking
enforcement of federal law in Mississippi to prohibit the counting of
mail-in ballots received after Election Day.
- Urged the Supreme Court to
protect Arizona voters by enforcing a common-sense
proof of citizenship law.
- Filed
a lawsuit in partnership with the NRCC to stop
Virginia Democrats’ illegal attempt to redraw Congressional maps.
- Secured a
major win in North Carolina to enforce voter ID
requirements.
- Secured a
third victory in court defending Texas’ election
integrity law.
- Filed
a petition asking the Supreme Court to uphold
commonsense protections for mail-in ballots in adherence with
Pennsylvania law.
- Successfully
protected Georgia's election integrity laws from left-wing
attacks.
- Supported the Supreme Court
victory for election integrity in Bost
v. Illinois.
- Last year, the RNC:
- Fought
to safeguard the integrity of every ballot in New Jersey and Virginia,
preparing for their elections in 2025, and laying the groundwork for
2026.
- Delivered huge
wins for election integrity and continued ramping up efforts leading into
the Midterms.
- Won a case against New
York City and prevented over 800,000 non-citizens
from being on New York City’s voter rolls.
- Filed an amicus
brief at the Supreme Court in support of Congressman
Mike Bost’s lawsuit to stop an Illinois’ practice of counting mail-in
ballots received after Election Day.
- In November of 2025, the
Supreme Court agreed to hear the RNC's lawsuit,
Watson v. Republican National Committee, challenging a
Mississippi law that allows ballots received after Election Day to be
counted.
- Launched the RNC’s largest
ever records
request, sending public records requests to 48 states and
the District of Columbia seeking documents on how they maintain their
voter registration lists.
- Engaged in and won lawsuits in
states
across the
country to
defend commonsense
ballot safeguards and stopped Democrats from trying to cheat.
- Intervened to help defend
President Trump's Executive
Order, which implements commonsense
safeguards ranging from mail-in ballot protections to non-citizen
voting, among others.
Stay up to date with the RNC’s election
integrity efforts here
