U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) keeps issuing updates to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, helping states verify that only U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections. States can now use SAVE for verifying registered voters’ citizenship status. Under the updated program, states only need the last four digits of a registrant’s Social Security number for verification. The changes are part of a larger government effort against immigration and visa fraud in the United States.

According to USCIS, the change helps safeguard the integrity of U.S. elections. According to U.S. law, only citizens can vote in federal elections. Voter verification helps USCIS combat voter fraud. The update falls in line with vision laid out in an Executive Order titled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.” Signed on March 25, 2025, the executive order enables registered user agencies to create a SAVE case without needing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identification or a full Social Security number.

SAVE optimization enables state and federal voting agencies to submit one-hundred-and-fifty-million verification queries. Combined with SAVE’s status verifications for new benefit requests, these conditions allow USCIS to make strides in resolving the nearly two-hundred-and-five-million verification queries that exist as of October 2025. Only twenty-six states already have agreed for voter verification with SAVE. USCIS urges all states to adopt SAVE procedures, arguing that doing so helps deter voter fraud and safeguard the integrity of American elections.

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