Fact-Checking 4 Claims By Opponents of the SAVE Act

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Only U.S. citizens, not foreign nationals nor illegal aliens, should ever decide the outcome of U.S. elections.
49% : The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the 2013 the state could not require proof of citizenship for those using the federal voter registration form because of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, but the state could still require proof for state elections.
48% : However, the state of Arizona has required proof of citizenship to vote in state elections for more than a decade, but there has been no reported disenfranchisement of married women in that state.
42% : "It's the same argument from 20 years ago that voter ID laws would keep people from voting," he said.
41% : These are essentially the same arguments used for two decades against voter ID laws at the state level, which have not reduced voting, von Spakovsky noted.
40% : Democrats contend the SAVE Act, short for Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, would lead to mass voter suppression of women and minorities.
40% : " Tlaib denounced the SAVE Act during a House floor speech.
39% : Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., denounced the SAVE Act during a House floor speech, claiming Americans don't have access to documents to prove citizenship.

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