Election Law - Voter Registration Eligibility - U.S. Citizenship Verification (SAVE Our Elections Act of 2026)
What this bill does
Requiring the State Administrator of Elections to enroll the State in the federal Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlement (SAVE) Program for a certain purpose; requiring the State Board of Elections to establish a process to verify the U.S. citizenship of certain individuals applying to or who have registered to vote in the State; and requiring the State Board to establish a certain appeal process for certain individuals who dispute a certain report that the individual lacks U.S. citizenship.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (16)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Delegate Hornberger, Delegate Hornbergerlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Lang, Alan | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Mauer, William | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Meyerovich, Mark | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Nelson, Mary | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Rosa, Richard | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Tibbals, Trudy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Yatsuk, Debbie | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Drayton, Morganlobbyist | Common Cause MD | Position only |
| UNF | Clancy, Jennifer | Friends of Jennifer Clancy | Position only |
| UNF | Lemyze, Christine | Indivisible Howard County | Position only |
| UNF | Tyree, Nikki | LWVMD | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Snyder, Co-Chair, Abby | Poverty Free Maryland | Position only |
| UNF | Abell, AnnMarie | St. Mary's County Democratic Central Committee | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Nichols, Julia | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Rice, Mat | Individual | Written (PDF) |