Schumer Overstates In-Person Voter Registration Rate

Fact-checking Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the effects of the SAVE America Act

PBS.org2026.03.21Updated 14d ago

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the SAVE America Act would require in-person voter registration, “something only 5% of Americans do today." The act would require that, but the rate of in-person registrations is higher than Schumer said.

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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer claimed the SAVE America Act would mandate in-person voter registration, citing a 5% participation rate among Americans. However, fact-checkers found the actual rate of in-person registrations exceeds Schumer's figure, though the act's requirement remains accurate.

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