Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is applauding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for its recent updates to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program. These updates reflect recommendations made by Secretary Raffensperger earlier this year to enhance election integrity.

In February, Raffensperger penned a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, urging the expansion of SAVE’s capabilities to better support states in verifying citizenship for voter registration and list maintenance. “I’m proud to see DHS implementing the exact improvements we called for,” said Secretary Raffensperger. “Georgia continues to lead the nation in secure, fair, and accurate elections. This new bulk verification tool will make it easier to keep our voter rolls clean, while still protecting every eligible voter’s rights.”

Following Executive Order 14248, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the launch of a bulk upload capability within the SAVE program. This new tool allows state election offices to submit multiple voter verification cases simultaneously, streamlining the previously manual process and reducing delays for election officials working to maintain accurate voter rolls. The update directly addresses Raffensperger’s recommendations, including implementing batch processing for SAVE cases, expanding allowed identifiers in verification requests (initially Alien Numbers or Naturalization Certificate Numbers, with plans to include Social Security Numbers), and waiving transaction fees for voter registration and voter list maintenance use cases.

“The integrity of our elections relies on both accurate voter lists and respect for the rule of law,” Raffensperger added. “These updates ensure that both are upheld. I thank DHS for listening to states like Georgia and taking meaningful action.”