By rssfeeds-admin “I want to make sure that only U.S. citizens should be able to vote here in Indiana,” Morales said. “You’re hearing it from someone who has earned citizenship because for me that’s the right thing to do.”
According to Secretary Morales, his office plans to cross-check SAVE information with voter registration information of 1,600 individuals.
“This tool will help provide proof of citizenship,” Secretary Morales said. “I want as many minorities, as many folks to be part of our election process. One of my goals is to increase voter turnout and voter participation, but the key is: everyone has to be eligible, and everyone has to be U.S. citizens.”
When asked about Morales’s agreement, Indiana Governor Mike Braun said the move is part of the state’s effort to ensure compliance with President Donald Trump’s agenda.
“It turns around four years of open borders and all the complications financially, national security-wise that we’ve been contending with,” Gov. Braun said.
Marion County Clerk Kate Sweeney Bell expressed concerns that the process could swamp county clerks’ offices statewide over something unnecessary.
“It’s a political move,” Sweeney Bell said. “Speaking for our county, we’ve not had one instance, zero, we’ve had zero instances of… non-citizens attempting to vote.”
According to Common Cause Indiana, attempts to compare SAVE data with voter rolls could provide false positives.
“SAVE is a moment in time,” Julia Vaughn with Common Cause Indiana said. “It is a historical system that does not keep up with a person’s progress through the naturalization process.”
“We don’t want anyone who is ineligible to vote, but I sure as heck don’t want anyone who is eligible to vote to be kicked off,” Clerk Sweeney Bell said.
Residents flagged by the state will receive a notification in the mail. They’ll then have 30 days to either prove citizenship or have their voter registration revoked.
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