Gray applauds House passage of voter eligibility act

CHEYENNE (WNE) — On Thursday, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray issued a statement applauding the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 8281, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a day earlier.

The SAVE Act ensures only U.S. citizens vote in elections for federal office by requiring documentary proof of citizenship at the time of voter registration. The SAVE Act was introduced by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and cosponsored by Wyoming’s Rep. Harriet Hageman.

“As I have said previously, I am in complete and total support of the SAVE Act,” Gray said in a news release. “Only U.S. Citizens should be voting in our elections. With the ongoing Biden-created crisis at the southern border affecting each and every state, including Wyoming, preventing illegal aliens from voting is paramount to election integrity, and national security. Our office previously adopted amendments to our Election Procedures that would have prevented illegal immigrants from registering to vote and that would have required proof of Wyoming residency to register to vote. But our election integrity rules, very similar to the SAVE Act, were vetoed by Governor Mark Gordon. Governor Gordon’s veto was very unfortunate. Government at all levels should ensure appropriate safeguards to ensure only U.S. citizens, not illegal aliens, are voting.”

The measure still has to be approved by the U.S. Senate to take effect.

This story was published on July 12, 2024.