ICYMI: SAVE Agreement Strengthens Election Integrity

Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) approved entering into an agreement with U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to strengthen election integrity. This agreement will allow the NCSBE to compare North Carolina’s voter registration records with citizenship data in USCIS’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, database.

This measure will help verify that individuals on the state’s voter rolls are U.S. citizens, as required by law and by North Carolina's approved 2024 constitutional amendment.

The SAVE program is an online service that allows federal, state, local, territorial and tribal agencies, as well as other authorized entities, to verify the citizenship or immigration status of individuals for benefits, licenses and other lawful purposes.

"Safe, secure elections are the cornerstones of our republic. This common sense move will help ensure the integrity of our voter rolls and public confidence in the electoral process. We applaud this decision from the State Board of Elections," said NCGOP Chairman Jason Simmons.