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Senator urges passage of Save America Act, saying it will 'make it easy to vote and hard to cheat'
Summary
On the Senate floor, a U.S. senator pushed the Save America Act, proposing mandatory voter photo ID and proof of citizenship for federal elections and routine SAVE-database checks of state voter rolls; he argued the changes respond to court precedent and gaps in DMV-based registration.
A U.S. senator delivered an extended floor speech urging colleagues to pass the Save America Act, saying the bill combines voter-photo identification with proof-of-citizenship requirements and routine checks of registrations against the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE database to prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections.
The senator framed the proposal in constitutional terms, saying federal authority over “the election of US representatives and US senators” (Article I, Section 4, Clause 1) allows Congress to set rules for federal elections. He cited the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona as background for why DMV-based registration currently prohibits states from…
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