Making American Elections Great Again Act

Summary

Requires the decennial census and apportionment to use counts of U.S. citizens rather than total population, allows citizenship questions and sampling on census forms, and changes census timing. Creates a new federal rule that requires voters in federal elections to present government photo identification plus proof of U.S. citizenship (or separate citizenship document) before a ballot is accepted; provisional ballots are only counted if citizenship is later verified. States must redraw districts after the first citizen-based census that this law requires.

• Apportionment and Electoral College calculations would be based on counts of U.S. citizens only, excluding noncitizens.
• Census timing is changed to require a census on enactment and every 10 years thereafter, with a middecennial count five years later.
• Census forms may include citizenship checkboxes and permit sampling/special surveys.
• Federal elections would require presentation of government photo ID plus proof of U.S. citizenship before a ballot is accepted.
• Provisional ballots are allowed but will count only if officials later verify the voter's U.S. citizenship.
• States must begin redistricting immediately after the first census conducted under these rules.
• The voter-documentation requirement applies to in-person and non–in-person voting, including mail ballots.
• The law imposes a federal voter-qualification and verification standard that can override conflicting state law.
• Imposes substantial new administrative duties on the Census Bureau, state and local election officials, and federal enforcement, without specified funding in the provided text.