Citizenship, Voter ID, New SSR Safeguards in NC!

April 17th, 2026

The following is from an April 17th, 2026 newsletter from Sen Warren Daniel. Appreciate the update. Now Senator Daniel needs to get H958 moving, out of committee and passed. It is NC's SAVE America Act! H958 Election Law Changes Action Alert: https://www.nceit.org/post/h958-election-law-changes-sponsors-cosponsors-house-rep-lookup )

ELECTION INTEGRITY UPDATE

On April 16, the State Board of Elections announced that it will soon check the citizenship of all registered voters in North Carolina against federal databases to identify and remove any non-U.S. citizens from the voter rolls. The board approved new rules at its meeting today for a process that must be followed before a voter is removed. Voters’ names, dates of birth, and the last four digits of Social Security numbers will be run through the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, which will provide information on any possible noncitizens. The State Board recently entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for this purpose. (https://www.ashevilleteaparty.org/post/state-board-to-check-voter-rolls-to-identify-remove-non-u-s-citizens )

In March, the federal courts upheld the NC Voter ID law. This was a seven-year court battle over a provision that put into action a constitutional amendment that was approved by over 60% of the voters in North Carolina. ( https://www.carolinajournal.com/federal-judge-upholds-nc-voter-id-law-two-years-after-trial/ )

Also in March, a federal judge agreed that NC could safeguard same-day registration ballots with the new voter verification provisions of SB747.