In the 116th Congress, the House passed H.R. 4, as did the House in the 117th Congress (a bill also numbered H.R. 4). Both bills were titled the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA); the latter was also named for former Representative John Lewis ...

February 12, 2026 - By Lauren Green House Republicans passed a voter ID bill Wednesday, requiring proof of citizenship to vote with minimal Democratic support. Only one Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-TX, supported the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, ...

March 16, 2026 - At President Donald Trump’s urging, Congress is intent on passing an even more extreme version of the SAVE Act. But no matter what the far right calls these “show your papers” bills, its push to require Americans to show a passport or ...

February 12, 2026 - All Republicans present voted in favor of the bill. While all but one Democrat voted against it — Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas. ... Join 350,000 readers who rely on our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest in voting, elections and democracy. The proposal also directs election officials to conduct monthly voter roll purges to remove ineligible voters, which must utilize the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program.

April 11, 2025 - The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday to require voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote, approving a Republican priority over the objections of Democrats who said the bill would only create hurdles for eligible ...

May 22, 2025 - The One, Big, Beautiful Bill has PASSED the House of Representatives — without a single Democrat voting to cut taxes, secure the border, or protect taxpayer-funded benefits for Americans who need them.

Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general signed a letter expressing confidence that “any such investigations will not succeed in overturning the election’s outcome,” but criticizing the move for exacting “the terrible cost of undermining trust in the democratic institutions on which this country depends.” In another critical letter, 16 U.S. attorneys who track election malfeasance noted that the “policy change was not based in fact” and confirmed that in their jurisdictions there was no evidence of substantial election irregularities. “Time and time again, when the rubber hits the road, there’s no evidence — whether that’s in court cases, whether that’s in the presidential commission that was created in 2017 to find the alleged non-citizens fraud after the 2016 election that cost, in his mind, the president the popular vote, but found nothing and disbanded in embarrassment, or academic studies.

1 week ago - According to a D.H.S. review of state voter rolls and public records, they identified approximately 278,000 non-citizens who are registered to vote in federal elections. Since Democrat states refused to share their voter files, the real number is actually much higher—yet even this limited analysis found more than a quarter of a million foreigners illegally registered to vote. Put together, these disclosures reveal an election system so broken and vulnerable that no one can possibly defend it. Hundreds of millions of U.S.

April 10, 2025 - The fight to stop this bill – to protect Americans’ sacred right to vote – is not over.” · In addition to its citizenship requirement, the SAVE Act threatens election workers with up to five years in prison or civil lawsuits if they ...

July 29, 2022 - The first comprehensive federal statute dealing with elections was adopted in 1870 as a means of enforcing the Fifteenth Amendment‘s guarantee against racial discrimination in granting suffrage rights.6 Under the Enforcement Act of 1870, and subsequent laws, false registration, bribery, voting without legal right, making false returns of votes cast, interference in any manner with officers of election, and the neglect by any such officer of any duty required of him by state or federal law were made federal offenses.7 Provision was made for the appointment by federal judges of persons to attend at places of registration and at elections with authority to challenge any person proposing to register or vote unlawfully, to witness the counting of votes, and to identify by their signatures the registration of voters and election tally sheets.8 When the Democratic Party regained control of Congress, these pieces of Reconstruction legislation dealing specifically with elections were repealed,9

June 4, 2026 - In the aftermath of the 2000 election ... the Help America Vote Act in 2002 with the goal of streamlining election procedures across the nation. The law placed new mandates on states and localities to replace outdated voting equipment, create statewide voter registration lists, and provide provisional ballots to ensure that eligible voters are not turned away if their names are not on the roll of registered voters. The law also was designed to make it easier for people with disabilities to cast private, independent ballots. In 2006, Congress approved the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act...

Text for S.1540 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Election Security Act of 2019

July 23, 2026 - Photo by Casey Atkins/Campaign Legal Center · On July 23, 2026, the House of Representatives passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2027 that includes the SAVE America Act.

May 25, 2026 - The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States)107–252 (text) (PDF)), or HAVA, is a United States federal law, which was authored by Christopher Dodd, and passed in the House 357–48 and 92–2 in the Senate and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 29, 2002. The bill was drafted (at least in part) in reaction to the controversy surrounding the 2000 U.S. presidential election, when the Supreme Court narrowly ruled that Bush had won the election. The impetus for the Supreme Court case stemmed from controversies surrounding the administration of the

June 11, 2025 - Subscribe to my newsletter to get the latest news and updates from my office · The House passed another bill Tuesday night protecting election integrity, but Democrats are once again digging their heels in

1 month ago - That assessment rated the acquisition a “moderate” threat to U.S. national-security interests, and the CIA review says subsequent Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) pressure resulted in Smartmatic divesting Sequoia in 2007. Let’s be clear — and clear-eyed. This is a bipartisan issue ripe for action on the Hill. America’s election infrastructure is a target for anyone who would seek to manipulate or disrupt our elections. With fewer than 90 days before what may be one of the most consequential congressional elections in our history, Congress should act. The 2026 general election is November 3. The government has already written the prescription, if not the bill. ... Stop certification rules from blocking security fixes. If a vulnerability is found in October, election officials should be able to patch it that month — not wait until after the election.

Summary of H.R.1274 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Election Official Integrity Act of 2021

March 2, 2026 - Following Trump’s lead, congressional Republicans unveiled the Make Elections Great Again Act and SAVE America Act, which would require voters to prove citizenship and provide photo ID.

The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 was passed by the United States Congress to make sweeping reforms to the nation's voting process.

This bid to seize control of mail voting would wreak havoc on elections and harm American voters.