Kansas case and new immigration report deepen scrutiny of Colorado’s stance on SAVE
By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice
A Kansas mayor’s felony voting case is renewing national attention on how noncitizens end up registered to vote and what states can do to prevent it. The issue is gaining urgency as federal agencies expand the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, known as SAVE, while Colorado and several other states reject federal data-sharing efforts even as federal law requires them to maintain accurate voter rolls.
A Kansas case shows the stakes of mistaken registration
The case driving the discussion is unfolding in Coldwater, Kansas, where Mayor Jose “Joe” Ceballos-Armendariz, a noncitizen, has been charged with voting in at least three elections.
The state’s case rests on Kansas election statutes that classify noncitizen voting as...