Ledger · 2024 campaign · № 190
Require documentary proof of citizenship to vote
Still waiting“[paraphrase] Only citizens will vote — we will require proof of citizenship to register.”
- Promised
- , Campaign rallies and the SAVE Act push
- Re-promised
- 12 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Elections
- Era
- 2024 campaign
What happened
The SAVE Act passed the House but stalled in the Senate, and Trump's March 2025 elections executive order imposing proof-of-citizenship requirements was blocked in federal court. PolitiFact rated the promise Stalled at the one-year mark; Poynter's January 2026 review listed it among the promises facing Senate hurdles.