After weeks of pressure from rank-and-file Republicans, the House on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at creating a federal voter ID mandate.
Dubbed the SAVE America Act, it would require Americans to prove their citizenship when registering to vote and present photo identification when casting a ballot. It would also require states to submit their voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security for vetting of citizenship status. The proposal is a more expansive version of a previous iteration known as the SAVE Act, which the House passed in April.
Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, the lead sponsor of the bill, described it as an effort to safeguard the country’s elections and dismissed the idea that it would make it harder for Americans to vote.
