(1) The Secretary of State shall conduct a check annually of Statewide Elections Management System records against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) or its successor database. The check must occur no later than one hundred eighty (180) days before a regularly scheduled federal general election.
(2) The Secretary shall transmit any potential ineligible matches to the appropriate election commissioner, who shall send a notice under Section 23-15-15 inquiring whether the individual is eligible to be registered to vote and place the voter in pending verification status until the voter provides proof of citizenship as outlined in subsections (2) through (5) of Section 23-15-15.
(3) A removal may not occur solely based on a SAVE match. Cancellation may occur only upon failure to respond or confirmation of ineligibility.
(4) A SAVE-based removal may not occur during the ninety (90) days before a federal election.