Miles Parks

I mean, you kind of asked this question already, Mara, this like, where does this go from here with future presidents?

But I also think it ties into, there've been a number of reports that have come out the last couple of weeks that have alluded to American democracy backsliding.

I think one report from an institute in Sweden noted that America's democracy ranking moved down from 20th out of 179 to 51st out of 179.

I do think that all of these things seem to be somewhat connected

How does the country stop moving in this sort of backsliding direction?

And there's still a long way to go, obviously, till the end of his second term.

But we can leave it there for today.

I'm Miles Parks.

I cover voting.

And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

Republican lawmakers have worried about non-citizen voting for years, but the issue has taken on new urgency with President Trump's claims ahead of the 2024 election that non-citizens would vote en masse to influence that race.

There's no evidence that happened or has ever happened in American elections for that matter,

But states are still passing new restrictions to protect against the possibility.

Bills with new voting requirements have now passed or are about to pass in Florida, South Dakota, and Utah.

And similar laws passed in recent years in Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming, according to the Voting Rights Lab, which tracks election policy.

Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.

The Save America Act would overhaul U.S.

elections procedures as voters are already voting in primaries for this year's midterms.

The bill would require people to provide proof of their U.S.

citizenship, like a birth certificate or passport, to register to vote.