In January 2021, three days into his Senate term, Kansas Senator Roger Marshall voted to sustain the objections to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes, which would have thrown out those states' certified results; the Lawrence Journal-World reported he voted in effect to overturn the presidential election results. In July 2026 he said of the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register, "I would love to pass the whole thing." Kansas's own proof-of-citizenship law prevented more than 30,000 American citizens from registering to vote before a court struck it down in 2018.
Marshall voted to confirm Harmeet Dhillon, whose Civil Rights Division demanded state voter files and sued 30 states and Washington, DC for them, and Kristi Noem and Joseph Edlow, whose agencies turned the SAVE immigration database into a bulk check of voter rolls that wrongly flagged citizens.
Roger Marshall's Votes and Statements on Voting and Elections
- Marshall Voted to Throw Out Arizona's and Pennsylvania's Certified Electoral Votes in January 2021. On January 6, 2021, Roger Marshall voted yes on sustaining the objection to Arizona's electoral votes, which failed 6 to 93, and early on January 7 he voted yes on sustaining the objection to Pennsylvania's, which failed 7 to 92. Sustaining the objections would have set aside the electoral votes those states had certified for Joe Biden; Marshall cast them despite no evidence that election results were invalid, the Lawrence Journal-World reported, and the paper wrote that he had voted in effect to overturn the presidential election results.
- Marshall Voted to Confirm Harmeet Dhillon, Whose Division Demanded State Voter Files. On April 3, 2025, Marshall voted to confirm Harmeet Dhillon as assistant attorney general for civil rights, and she was confirmed 52 to 45. Her division demanded full voter files from the states, the federal government has sued 30 states and Washington, DC to get them, and at least 16 states have provided complete statewide voter registration lists with driver's license and Social Security numbers, the Brennan Center found; the Justice Department has confirmed that DOJ is disclosing voter records to the DHS. Under Dhillon the division's voting section dwindled from approximately 30 lawyers down to about 6.
- Marshall Voted to Confirm the Officials Who Turned a Benefits Database Into a Voter Check. Marshall voted to confirm Kristi Noem as secretary of homeland security on January 25, 2025 and Joseph Edlow as director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, which runs the SAVE database, on July 15, 2025. Their agencies expanded SAVE to check voter rolls in bulk, and in Boone County, Missouri, more than half of registered voters flagged by SAVE as noncitizens in November turned out to be citizens, the Brennan Center found.
- Marshall Voted to Confirm the FBI Director and Attorney General Whose Agents Seized Fulton County's 2020 Ballots. Marshall voted to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general on February 4, 2025 and Kash Patel as FBI director on February 20, 2025. On January 28, 2026, FBI agents raided the Fulton County, Georgia elections hub under an order that authorized agents to seize all physical ballots from the 2020 election in Fulton County, the Georgia Recorder reported.
- Marshall Said He Would Love to Pass the Whole SAVE Act, Proof-of-Citizenship Rule Included. On July 20, 2026, Marshall said on Fox Business that "in the SAVE Act, it has the proof of citizenship" and, of the full bill, "I would love to pass the whole thing." The SAVE America Act would require proof of citizenship to register and require states to regularly turn over voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security; the Brennan Center found that 21 million American citizens lack ready access to the documents it would require.
What a Rule Like the SAVE Act Roger Marshall Backs Did to Kansas Voters
- Kansas's proof-of-citizenship law. Kansas tried the SAVE Act's central rule already: its own proof-of-citizenship requirement prevented more than 30,000 American citizens from registering to vote before a court struck it down in 2018, according to the Brennan Center.
Frequently Asked Questions About Roger Marshall on Voting rights
What is Roger Marshall's record on voting rights under Trump?
Roger Marshall voted in January 2021 to sustain the objections to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes, and in July 2026 he said he would love to pass the whole SAVE Act. He voted to confirm the officials who demanded state voter files and expanded citizenship checks of voter rolls. A Kansas law like the SAVE Act blocked more than 30,000 American citizens from registering before it was struck down.
Does Roger Marshall support the SAVE Act?
Yes. Roger Marshall said on July 20, 2026 that he would "love to pass the whole thing", including its proof-of-citizenship requirement. The Brennan Center estimates that 21 million American citizens lack ready access to the documents such a rule demands.
Did Roger Marshall vote to overturn the 2020 election?
Roger Marshall voted to sustain the objections to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes on January 6 and 7, 2021, which the Lawrence Journal-World described as voting in effect to overturn the presidential election results. Both objections failed, 6 to 93 and 7 to 92.
Last updated: 2026-10-25