Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd recently announced a landmark agreement with DHS to better secure elections.
In October 2024, Florida sued the Biden Administration to receive better information from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Systematic Alien Verification of Entitlements (SAVE) database. A multi-state agreement was signed on November 28, 2025, with the Department of Homeland Security giving the states free and better information from the SAVE database.
“Florida successfully led this multistate effort to help secure accurate voter rolls,” said Secretary of State Cord Byrd. “Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and this important agreement will improve and modernize the SAVE database for decades to come.”
The agreement requires DHS to offer SAVE at no cost, improve search functionality by adding the ability to search full or partial social security numbers, provide 48-hour response times, and process bulk requests.
The agreement is judicially enforceable for 20 years, requiring future administrations to abide by it. Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa joined Florida to settle the case.
SAVE is an online service administered by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to verify immigration status and U.S. citizenship of applicants seeking benefits or licenses. USCIS is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
The agreement was formally approved by the court.
