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DHS Approves Voter Citizenship Checks And Mail Ballot Monitoring Plan

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The Department of Homeland Security approved a plan on Thursday, June 4, 2026, to verify voter citizenship and to monitor mail ballots across the United States, with implementation expected by the end of June.[1]

States will be allowed to submit full voter-registration rolls to DHS's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) immigration database to check citizenship and voting eligibility.[1] DHS and the U.S. Postal Service will monitor mail-in and absentee ballot flows using tracking barcodes and participation lists to flag anomalies and to prevent delivery to ineligible recipients.[1] State officials will access citizenship data through a secure online portal that queries U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Social Security Administration and State Department systems without exporting bulk records.[1]

On March 31, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order on citizenship verification and election integrity that the DHS plan is meant to operationalize, including creation of federal-to-state "state citizenship lists." Fox News DHS described the June 4 approval and the end-of-June rollout timeline in a court filing made public on June 5.[1]

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📌 Key Facts

  • DHS approved the plan on Thursday, June 4, 2026, with implementation expected by the end of June 2026, according to a June 5 court filing.
  • States will be allowed to submit full voter-registration rolls to DHS's SAVE immigration database to verify citizenship and voting eligibility.
  • DHS and USPS will monitor mail-in and absentee ballot flows, using tracking barcodes and participation lists to flag anomalies and prevent delivery to ineligible recipients.
  • The plan operationalizes Trump’s March 31, 2026 executive order on citizenship verification and election integrity, including creation of federal-to-state “state citizenship lists.”
  • State officials will access citizenship data through a secure online portal that queries USCIS, SSA and State Department systems without exporting bulk records.

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