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Would the SAVE America Act Have Prevented the New Jersey Noncitizen Voter Snafu?
CATO Institute ^ | 7/23/26 | Stephen Richer

Posted on 07/25/2026 8:59:13 AM PDT by spintreebob

President Trump’s pet legislation—the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act—would require Americans to provide documented proof of citizenship upon registering to vote, usually a passport or birth certificate. This, the act’s proponents argue, would prevent noncitizen actors from illegally registering and participating in American elections. The recently revealed registration mishap in New Jersey has led to renewed advocacy for the act. Vice President JD Vance weighed in; so, too, did Sen. Dave McCormick (R‑PA) and Trump’s “Rapid Response” social media account. (“Yet another reason to PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!”)

But it’s unclear if the SAVE America Act would have prevented what happened in New Jersey.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: saveamerica; votereligibility

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In software We need to make a distinction between intentional FRAUD and poorly written software.

NJ has both types. NJ has a few non-citizens who intentionally register to vote. NJ has many non-citizens who did not intend to register to vote. But the poorly coded software registered them.

The same distinction is needed with welfare fraud. Sue Smith, Susan Smith and Susan Jones-Smith have the same DOB, SSN and are the same person. Susan is unsophisticated and thinks nothing of using the names interchangably (Just as I used Bob and Robert interchangably). But when Deloitte IES Integrated Eligibility System and its EMPI Enterprise Master Person Index intentionally give Susan 3 ID and 3 benefit plans that is FRAUD as it is FRAUD to state in a contract that you will deliver a Master Person Index when you deliver one that has DUPLICATES. Likewise it is FRAUD when the Master Person Index and database have known DEAD as active members.

FRAUD WASTE and ABUSE exist in voter registration, in Welfare, in many government contracts and processes. But there is a distinction between unintentional Susan and intentional Deloitte.

1 posted on 07/25/2026 8:59:13 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: spintreebob
Snafu?

LOL!

2 posted on 07/25/2026 9:05:05 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: spintreebob

From the article

“But it’s unclear if the SAVE America Act would have prevented what happened in New Jersey.”


3 posted on 07/25/2026 9:10:24 AM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: FreeReign

It is rather incredible that all of the myriad voter “snafus” — thousands and thousands of them throughout the years, always favor the democrats. National elections, state elections, local elections, elections for dog catcher, there are always “irregularities” and the democrats always get the benefit. Is there maybe a pattern here?


4 posted on 07/25/2026 9:10:57 AM PDT by Blennos (This is the official Blennos tagline. Thanks to Big Red Badger. )
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To: spintreebob

I don’t know why nobody is questioning how she won her election. Obviously she benefited from rampant fraud.


5 posted on 07/25/2026 9:14:01 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: FreeReign

My reaction as well! 😅


6 posted on 07/25/2026 9:14:10 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: spintreebob

I’ve been saying for 20 years. A clean electoral system is easy. its obvious there are people who do NOT want clean elections.

clean voter rolls to zero every 10-12 years. require every willing voter to re-register

Registration closes 2 weeks before Election Day

ID required to vote

NO mail-in ballots except for active military

Election Day is one day, 18 hours, 6 AM to midnight. Make it a public holiday

No early-voting, or late ballots

Vote totals required to be turned in / certified within 24 hours

Government pays to advertise all this to public extensively, so no one has excuse of ignorance.


7 posted on 07/25/2026 9:17:48 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: spintreebob

Yes, but no. It has always been illegal to register to vote or to vote in the United States federal elections. So, technically, assuming everybody abides by the law, that doesn’t happen.

As it turns out, the “voter integrity laws” mean nothing to people without integrity.

You know, democrats . . .


8 posted on 07/25/2026 9:18:08 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: spintreebob

Programmer of 42 years. No way in hell simple software needed for voting should be defective!!!!


9 posted on 07/25/2026 9:18:46 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: MCSETots

Sorry, illegal to register to vote or vote in federal elections if you are not a United States citizen.


10 posted on 07/25/2026 9:19:12 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: spintreebob

Not sure, but I am pretty sure that Thune will do all in his power to prevent the passage of the SAVE America act.


11 posted on 07/25/2026 9:24:56 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: spintreebob

a person added the names not the software


12 posted on 07/25/2026 9:28:09 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: PGR88

Add to that, all voting districts must turn in their results at the same time. That way the democrat cities don’t have time to “find” the votes necessary to overcome a deficit.


13 posted on 07/25/2026 9:30:04 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: All

FTA

New Jersey has automatic voter registration. Any resident who interacts with the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission and meets eligibility requirements is registered to vote........ unless they opt out.

The 6,600 noncitizens in question did not try to break the law. They went to the commission for some other purpose (e.g., noncitizens are allowed to obtain a driver’s license).

And they all selected “noncitizen” when prompted.

Unfortunately, a software error (the governor’s team is still investigating) changed that selection to an affirmation of citizenship


14 posted on 07/25/2026 9:30:41 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands." (Psalm 19:1))
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To: brownsfan

You can be totally sure. The SAVE Act will not pass, a good deal because of Thune, but others as well. Lindsay/Turtle are gone, neither to ever vote. Cornyn and others are obstacles. Nevertheless, SAVE has a purpose - esposing and revealing the mess in Congress.

Besides, even if we did have SAVE now, the primaries already held, candidates selected, are based on tainted voter rolls. Primaries to come now and in the next few weeks would not be affected. 11/3 would then be based on candidates selected by faulty primaries.

The next viable path is Trump declaring a National Emergency with respect to elections. NOT as POTUS, but as CIC. Civilian courts then cannot interfere. Subsequent EO’s will lay out what SAVE would have done.

11/3 will be postponed 6-24 months, to sort things out. Expect re-constituted voter rolls, this time not on town/city basis, but on a county basis. There are a tad over 3000 counties nationwide, easier to manage and insure are run fair and square.


15 posted on 07/25/2026 9:33:40 AM PDT by C210N
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To: spintreebob

“Would the SAVE America Act Have Prevented the New Jersey Noncitizen Voter Snafu?”

No. Filthy NJ democrats would find a workaround.


16 posted on 07/25/2026 9:41:29 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: Blennos
Rush said, many times over, there are no mistakes.

The writer's choice of the term "SNAFU", a military term coined back in WWII, puts lipstick on what can only described as vote fraud corruption.

17 posted on 07/25/2026 9:43:22 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: JSM_Liberty

ObammyCare hasn’t saved the healthcare system but we’re still throwing pallets of taxpayer dollars at it.


18 posted on 07/25/2026 9:49:49 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The crap going on in America ISN'T immigration. It's friggin' colonization. America is falling.)
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To: Bonemaker
“Would the SAVE America Act Have Prevented the New Jersey Noncitizen Voter Snafu?”
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No. Filthy NJ democrats would find a workaround.

Quite true. But the Act did raise the bar to "workarounds".

The "SNAFU" is a blatant "in-your-face" misdirection by NJ.

NJ talks about voters who expressly noted they were noncitizens when the actual error involved counting the much greater votes of illegals who simply marked their driver license applications as citizens.

In that regard, the error is that NJ made no reasonable effort to determine whether a voter in a federal election was or was not a citizen, it simply took their word on it.

The Act, if properly worded, will provide the basis for rejection of electoral certificates introduced in a federal election by those states who have not reasonably determined its voters to be citizens.

19 posted on 07/25/2026 10:13:33 AM PDT by frog in a pot (They can be a R or a D, the question is whether they are MAGA! That is the only line in the sand.)
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To: Bonemaker

Workaround? Gemini AI says that the Board of EAC Election Assistance Commission is now empty. But its 68 staff are still functioning business as usual.

Election problems in AZ? in GA? trace back to staff of EAC/HAVA.


20 posted on 07/25/2026 10:28:54 AM PDT by spintreebob
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