Texas AG Ken Paxton: Save America Act Critical to Prevent Election Fraud

By Sam Barron | Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:53 PM EST

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stated on Thursday that the SAVE America Act must be passed to ensure free and fair elections in the United States.

“The SAVE Act is so important,” Paxton, who is seeking the Republican nomination for Senate, said. “Citizenship is such a basic requirement to be in this country, let alone vote.”

While the legislation requiring proof of citizenship for voting passed the House, it remains stalled in the Senate as Republicans struggle to overcome the 60-vote threshold needed to pass such legislation.

“This is about saving our country from elections filled with fraud,” Paxton said.

Paxton noted that while Texas requires voters to present photo identification, half of the states in the nation do not have such a requirement.

“It’s ridiculous. You have to have a photo ID to do everything in this country,” he said. “But for something like voting, which is sacrosanct to our democracy and our republic, you don’t have to show your photo ID. It’s insane.”

Paxton also described efforts to combat voting by mail in his state, citing that liberal counties attempted to allow ballots to be mailed without verification.

“There was no way to prove who mailed them in,” he said. “And we stopped it.”

He added that his state required 12 lawsuits and battles with liberal judges to override state law on the issue.

“In other states where they did not stop it, like Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin, elections turned out differently because one big county in each place could count mail-in ballots to get the number needed to win,” Paxton said. “There’s no doubt in my mind that’s exactly what happened.”