TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 3, 2025

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett has referred 42 possible non-U.S. citizens to the FBI for investigation into potential illegal voting. The group represents about 0.0001% of the state’s 4.3 million registered voters. According to the Tennessee Lookout, Hargett credited President Donald Trump for improving access to the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, which Tennessee uses to verify voter citizenship. In a letter posted on Facebook, Hargett thanked Trump for his administration’s collaboration. The Lookout reports that the Brennan Center for Justice has argued that information from SAVE is sometimes incomplete or old. It also has warned that expanding the amount of information accessible through SAVE could increase the risk of states erroneously purging eligible voters from their rolls.