Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, section 6, Sec. 6.
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Provisional ballots are not affected
The document says “may not be construed”Who acts: courtsHow: statuteSec. 6 in the PDF
What the document says
“Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by this Act may be construed to supercede, restrict, or otherwise affect the ability of an individual to cast a provisional ballot in an election for Federal office”
The protection is tied to the voter being verified as a citizen under the new section 8(j) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The word supercede is spelled that way in the enrolled text and is quoted as printed.
What the document actually says
“Nothing in this Act or in any amendment made by this Act may be construed to supercede, restrict, or otherwise affect the ability of an individual to cast a provisional ballot in an election for Federal office”
That sentence, in plain words
You can still cast a back-up vote. Nothing in this law takes that away.
What this is about
A provisional ballot is a back-up. You cast one when there is a question about whether you can vote. It is counted later if the question is settled. This bill says it does not take that away.
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SAVE Act, H.R. 22, 119th Congress (Engrossed in House, 2025), sec. 6. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr22eh/html/BILLS-119hr22eh.htm
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“Provisional ballots are not affected,” SAVE Act, section 6, Sec. 6. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/save-act/proposal/sec06-provisional-ballots/ (retrieved October 7, 2026).
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