Agency official warns SAVE Act could let president determine who is on voter rolls, cites Texas example

An agency official warned that federal moves, including the SAVE Act, could allow the president to determine who appears on state voter rolls and said the state has protected the privacy of its voter data. "I have deep concerns about all the ways the president will try to use his federal power to undermine our elections," the official said, adding that the president has attempted to access voter rolls and private voter data since taking office.

The official characterized the SAVE Act as a mechanism that would centralize control over voter lists, saying, "That basically would give to the president of the United States the ability to determine who is on our voter rolls in the entire country." As an example, the speaker asserted that when Texas was required to use the SAVE database "100,000 people were kicked off the voter rolls." The official presented those claims as reasons the state has worked to protect voter-roll privacy. The transcript does not provide corroborating evidence for the Texas figure; the number is presented as the speaker's assertion.