Making American Elections Great Again Act

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.