Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, section 2, Sec. 2.
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States must tell residents about the requirement
The document says “shall”Who acts: chief State election officialsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The chief State election official of a State shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that residents of the State are aware of the requirement to provide documentary proof of United States citizenship to register to vote in elections for Federal office in the State.”
A public information duty on the state's chief election official. The Act does not specify the steps, a budget, or a deadline.
What the document actually says
“The chief State election official of a State shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that residents of the State are aware of the requirement to provide documentary proof of United States citizenship to register to vote in elections for Federal office in the State.”
That sentence, in plain words
One person runs elections in each state. They have a job to do. They must make sure people know the new rule.
What this is about
A new rule only works if people hear about it. The bill puts that job on the state's top election official. It does not say what they must do. It does not give them money or a date.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
SAVE Act, H.R. 22, 119th Congress (Engrossed in House, 2025), sec. 2. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr22eh/html/BILLS-119hr22eh.htm
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“States must tell residents about the requirement,” SAVE Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/save-act/proposal/sec02-inform-residents/ (retrieved October 7, 2026).
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