MEGA Act vs SAVE Act, the latest push for stricter voting rules

Описание: House Republicans are pushing to strengthen election security, a central priority this Congress, advancing multiple bills they argue are aimed at tightening voting rules and preventing fraud. Among the most prominent proposals are the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and a newer, broader package known as the Make Elections Great Again Act (MEGA).
Overlapping goals, different scope
According to House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, the MEGA Act is meant to strengthen voter confidence and election integrity. In a statement, Steil said the proposal includes “commonsense voter ID requirements, clean voter rolls, and citizenship verification,” arguing the reforms would make elections “easy to vote, but hard to cheat”.
The SAVE Act is more narrowly focused. It would require individuals to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections and would tighten verification requirements for mail-in registration applications. The bill also places new obligations on states to ensure only U.S. citizens are added to the voter rolls.
The MEGA Act, by contrast, would significantly overhaul federal election rules. In addition to citizenship verification provisions similar to those in the SAVE Act, the broader bill layers in national voter ID requirements, mandates more aggressive voter list maintenance, and restructures parts of federal registration law.