I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: I’m a big fan of both the SAVE Act and the MEGA Act. The SAVE Act is good, but the MEGA Act is great. It goes well beyond simply requiring voter ID and verifying citizenship. It would close all the loopholes that the left has used to weaken election integrity. Well, almost all of them. It requires a photo ID to vote, verification of citizenship to register, stronger voter list maintenance, mail-in ballots due by poll closing, auditable paper ballots, a ban on ballot harvesting, a ban on ranked-choice voting, and a ban on universal mail-in voting. That’s how you build trust again.
But it’s also missing something.
It would be fantastic if it mandated that ballots be in English only.
Now, of course, that runs straight into one of the biggest problems in our system—the fact that English isn’t the official language of this country. Believe it or not, that’s actually true. The United States has no official language at the federal level. English may be the de facto official language, but it’s never been written into the Constitution or passed into law. That’s insane when you think about it. Nearly every country on the planet has an official language. We don’t. It’s long past time we fix that.
Making English the official language isn’t some fringe or radical idea. It’s basic common sense. It brings clarity, unity, and accountability, especially in elections. The more languages involved, the easier it becomes for errors to slip through the cracks or for bad actors to take advantage.
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It even helps at the polls. Think about poll workers trying to manage forms, guide voters, and follow procedures—all in multiple languages. Mistakes are bound to happen. Standardizing everything in English makes training simpler and enforcement stronger. It levels the playing field for workers and voters alike.
There’s also a deeper issue here—self-reliance at the polls. When voters depend on interpreters to explain what a ballot says, there’s always the risk of misinterpretation, or worse, manipulation. Voting should never hinge on someone else’s explanation. It’s supposed to be direct, private, and confident. That means being able to read and understand it yourself. And then there’s the cost of accommodating every language.
Honestly, it goes beyond just voting. For example, our schools spend outrageous sums on interpreters and materials for students who don’t speak English, draining resources from students who are struggling and need more help, and from gifted students, who have no programs to cater to their needs. There are countless ways that a single official language would benefit our society. It strengthens civic duty, national identity, and common purpose. It reminds every citizen that this country belongs to all of us together, not in fragments divided by translation.
It’s overdue. We need the MEGA Act, we need the SAVE Act, and we need to make English the official language of the United States, finally. It’s time to restore clarity—in our elections, in our institutions, and in our national identity.
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