System that DHS is urging states to use known to return faulty results: reports
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is urging states to use an expanded system called SAVE to review and update their voter rolls, claiming many non-citizens are registered to vote. However, some state officials and experts have raised concerns that the SAVE system can produce faulty or incomplete results.Key Facts
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin encouraged states to "scrub" their voter registration lists to improve election security.
- DHS claims about 250,000 non-citizens are registered to vote in four states.
- The SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) system was originally designed to verify immigration status for government benefits, not for checking voter rolls.
- The Trump administration expanded SAVE in 2025 to include citizenship verification of all registered voters, including natural-born citizens.
- The expanded SAVE system can use Social Security numbers and related data to conduct broad searches of voter records.
- Experts say SAVE may fail to confirm citizenship for some people, especially if Social Security records do not clearly show citizenship status.
- Courts have issued conflicting decisions on the legality of the expanded SAVE system, with one ruling it violates privacy and other federal laws.
- Some states are reportedly removing registered voters based on SAVE data, raising concerns about mistakes and wrongful removals.
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