evidence: Republicans have attacked the bill – also known as HR 1 in its House form and S 1 in its Senate form – as a partisan power grab that will damage the country’s democracy. Democrats have argued the bill is needed to preserve democracy in the face of widespread Republican efforts to restrict access to voting. [...] Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas claimed: "Under this bill, there’s automatic registration of anybody – if you get a driver’s license, if you get a welfare payment, if you get an unemployment payment, if you attend a public university. Now everyone knows there are millions of illegal aliens who have driver’s licenses, who are getting welfare benefits, who attend public universities. … " Facts First: It is not true that the bill automatically registers "anybody" to vote. The bill does not change current law banning people who aren’t US citizens, including undocumented immigrants, from registering to vote in federal elections. While the bill does require every state to adopt an "automatic voter registration" system, it repeatedly makes clear that only citizens are eligible to be registered.