Making American Elections Great Again Act
House Republicans' Making American Elections Great Again Act Would Require Citizenship Proof to Vote
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- This bill would require a new national census to be taken immediately. Unlike current rules that count every person living in the country, this new count would specifically ask every household to check a box stating whether each person living there is a U.S. citizen.
- The number of seats each state gets in the House of Representatives would be changed to count only U.S. citizens. This would likely change how much political power and federal funding different states receive by excluding noncitizens from the official totals used for those decisions.
- Starting in November 2026, all voters in federal elections would be required to show both a government photo ID and legal proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a birth certificate, passport, or naturalization papers, before they can receive a ballot.
- People who vote by mail would be required to include copies of their photo ID and proof of citizenship with their ballot. If a voter cannot provide these documents, they would only be allowed to cast a temporary ballot that would not be counted unless their citizenship is proven later.
- The bill creates new criminal penalties for election workers who provide ballots to people without the required documents. It also makes it a crime to provide any material help to a noncitizen who is attempting to vote in a federal election.
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
This bill would exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to distribute congressional seats among states. By removing noncitizens from apportionment totals, communities with large undocumented populations would lose political representation and potentially federal funding tied to census data. The citizenship checkbox on the census form could also discourage undocumented individuals from responding at all, leading to broader undercounts that affect community services.
State Impacts
Milestones
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
Related News
2 articlesTrump's new census order faces massive logistical, legal hurdles
Trump's push for a mid-decade census excluding noncitizens, aligned with Greene's MAEGA Act, faces 'massive logistical, legal and political hurdles.' Experts note the Constitution requires counting 'whole persons,' and current law limits mid-decade counts to funding purposes only.
July 2025 Census Project Update
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced H.R. 4798, the Making American Elections Great Again Act. The bill would exclude noncitizens from the apportionment base, require a new census, and compel states to redraw congressional districts based on new citizen-only data.
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Making American Elections Great Again Act
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