But for the record, the SAVE Act is really bad. The registration part is the part most people focus on because it makes regisration more onerous. But it would only affect new voter regisrations or existing voters only if info needed to be changed and it would impact both parties with a good chance it would hurt Republicans more than Democrats.
https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/9-things-to-know-about-the-proposed-save-act
9 Things to Know About the Proposed SAVE Act
The big-picture takeaway: The SAVE Act would require everyone registering to vote to provide a document verifying their citizenship. It would then require states to enhance voter list maintenance programs to identify noncitizens who have inadvertently gotten on the rolls—if they don’t have such practices in place already.
What to Know About the Bill
1. Federal law is clear that only U.S. citizens are permitted to vote in federal and state elections. Currently states decide how to enforce this requirement.
2. All states require new voters to attest to their U.S. citizenship when they register, and all states conduct voter list maintenance to identify potentially ineligible voters on the rolls. How they do that varies.
3. The SAVE Act would require states to collect and document proof of citizenship from voters, which few states currently do, and establish additional voter list maintenance processes. (In states that have strong links between voter registration and motor vehicle agencies, the transfer of citizenship data can be quick.)
4. The SAVE Act does not authorize federal funding for the new state responsibilities it creates.
5. If enacted, some states would need to make significant changes to their voter registration processes, and there is no phase-in period included.
6. States that can’t comply might face running state and federal elections separately, with separate procedures, or they might have to keep separate lists of voters who have not provided proof of citizenship and permit them to vote only in state or local races. Arizona already has such a “bifurcated” process, which has seen a stream of litigation dating to 2004.
7. By requiring driver’s license applications to serve as voter registration applications, the bill might force all states (including the six now exempt from the NVRA) to direct their DMVs to perform voter registration services in conjunction with driver’s license services. States will need time and money to create automated data transfer processes between DMVs and voter registration records.
8. The bill includes a private right of action, allowing individuals to sue if they feel the law is not properly enforced.
9. The bill would establish criminal penalties for election officials who mistakenly register an applicant to vote who has not presented proof of citizenship.
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