(Helena, MT) — Montana is set to use a federal database to ensure that only U.S. citizens are voting in local elections. Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen announced this week that her office will be making use of the federal Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, database. The state will use the database to check registered voters for U.S. citizenship. The SAVE database was overhauled by the Trump administration earlier this year, and government agencies can now access it without paying a fee.
