Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said U.S. election are "not safe from mass interference" after President Joe Biden promised to veto a recent bill passed by the U.S. House which would require all individuals to provide proof of citizenship in order to vote in federal elections. 

"The White House has formally announced that Biden will veto the Republican bill that seeks to prevent noncitizens from voting," Paxton wrote in a post on X. "There is no hiding it now. Biden and the Democrats want illegal immigrants to vote in the election this November. Our elections are NOT safe from mass interference as long as states do not require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections."

The SAVE Act, House Bill 8281, would “require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office” using accepted documentation including real ID, a government issued photo ID with certain restrictions, a certified birth certificate, or a valid U.S. passport. 

The SAVE Act also prevents states from registering an individual to vote without this proof of citizenship and requires states to remove anyone without proof of citizenship from their voter registration rolls. The U.S. House passed the SAVE Act with a vote of 221-198. 

President Joe Biden has promised to veto this bill, according to an article from the Hill, with the opposition claiming it is redundant to pass a measure prohibiting noncitizens from voting. 

Currently, voters are only required to certify their citizenship by signing a federal voter registration form created by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), which has registrants affirm they are a U.S. citizen and are eligible to vote “under penalty of perjury.” Individuals do not have to provide documentation of their citizenship to register. 

States are required to use this form for registration under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), and are not allowed to require additional information in order to register voters.