More than eight in 10 Americans support policies that would require documented proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections, according to a Gallup poll conducted just two weeks before the 2024 presidential election. But a well-funded campaign by leftist “voter rights” groups is lobbying hard to mute the voices of the 83 percent.
The Election Assistance Commission’s comment period on a petition asking the agency to require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote is in its final hours. Comments are due by the end of Monday. Visit the federal rulemaking portal here to comment.
Stacking the Deck
In July, America First Legal Foundation submitted a petition asking the EAC to amend the federal voter registration form to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. The National Voter Registration Act requires states to “accept and use the mail voter registration form prescribed . . . for the registration of voters in elections for Federal office.” The commission is empowered to “require . . . information . . . necessary to enable the appropriate State election official to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and other parts of the election process.”
But leftist organizations like the League of Women Voters are rallying their troops to oppose the requested changes. Sources tracking comments in recent weeks tell The Federalist that liberal groups have ginned up a flood of comments opposed to the petition, some coming from dozens of foreign countries.
“Urge the EAC not to require documentary proof of citizenship,” the League’s website begs. Like its election integrity denier compatriots, the League hyperbolically insists that requiring proof of citizenship to vote “creates unnecessary barriers for many eligible voters.” It doesn’t.
‘Loopholes and an Honor System’
And the “nonpartisan” League leans on the left’s usual faulty talking point, asserting that “it’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote.” The current form is nothing more than an honor system, asking registrants to attest that they are a “citizen of the United States of America.” Few get caught because enforcement isn’t a priority. Even when they do, it’s impossible to track the illegal vote — as was the case when a foreign national from China allegedly voted illegally at the University of Michigan in last year’s presidential election.
As America First Legal noted in the petition, noncitizens voting in U.S. elections is not a hypothetical issue.
“America First Legal will not stand by while our elections are undermined by loopholes and an ‘honor system’ that invites fraud. The right to vote is the sacred privilege of American citizens — period,” the petition asserts. “We are demanding that the EAC fulfill its duty to the American people by requiring real, documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections. Anything less is an open invitation for illegal voting and a betrayal of our democracy.”
‘What It All Boils Down To’
The petition to the EAC comes as the House-passed SAVE Act, which also requires documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, has been stymied by Democrats in the Senate. Meanwhile, rogue federal judges have blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on election integrity.
“Article 2, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to enforce federal law, and that is exactly what he’s doing,” Garland Favorito, co-founder of Voters Organized for Trusted Election Results in Georgia (VoterGA), told The Federalist in an interview.
Favorito said he believes the president will ultimately prevail at the U.S. Supreme Court, which has recognized that the executive branch still has powers under the Constitution even if the left doesn’t like the guy duly elected to lead it.
“It’s common sense to do what’s necessary to ensure compliance with federal law. That, to me, is what it all boils down to,” Favorito said.
The vast majority of Americans agree, but the clock is ticking for them to add their voices to the election-integrity effort. The EAC will not consider the petition’s merits until after the comment period closes.
To comment on the petition:
Visit www.regulations.gov, find docket EAC-2025-0236-0001, and click “Comment.”
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