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Arizona Deserves Secure, Orderly Elections
Voter Eligibility Verification Act
Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) was designed to ensure that voter registration records contain basic identifying information. When an applicant has neither a driver’s license nor a Social Security number, however, the statute permits the state to assign a unique identifying number for voter registration purposes. That administrative fallback was meant to keep the registration process moving, not to substitute for substantive eligibility verification. States should clarify in law that applicants assigned a HAVA unique identifying number shall not be placed on the active voter rolls unless and until they provide documentary proof of United States citizenship.
AFPI: Congress Is Robbing Americans of the Secure Elections They Deserve
It has been thirty days after the House passed the SAVE America Act, and the Senate has failed to move it forward.
No ID, No Proof, No Problem? Fixing HAVA’s Section 303 Voter Registration Blind Spot
Section 303 of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) was designed to ensure that voter registration records contain basic identifying information. When an applicant has neither a driver’s license nor a Social Security number, however, the statute permits the state to assign a unique identifying number for voter registration purposes. That administrative fallback was meant to keep the registration process moving, not to substitute for substantive eligibility verification. States should clarify in law that applicants assigned a HAVA unique identifying number may not be placed on the active voter rolls unless and until they provide documentary proof of United States citizenship.
I’m a Married Woman. No, the SAVE Act Won’t Disenfranchise Me.
I’m a married woman. I have four separate documents that serve as proof of my American citizenship. And yet, this documentation is exactly what opponents of the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act) are claiming is impossible.