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Voter ID remains a popular topic in America today, and as Republicans face a looming midterm election season, the White House is pressuring lawmakers to codify basic election security measures.
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Trump was “quite possibly the strongest supporter of the SAVE America Act, which, as you know, would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, it would require proof of identification, photo identification before casting a ballot.”
The SAVE Act has failed to move past the U.S. Senate, despite repeated calls from President Trump to codify voter ID at the ballot box. “Rigged Elections are common in the U.S., with the Presidential Election of 2020 being the Granddaddy of them all. WE DEMAND VOTER ID,” he stated in January.
On Tuesday, Secretary Leavitt noted that lawmakers were currently hashing out the details concerning potential exceptions to voter ID, including “reasonable requests” for those unable to physically access polling places, like U.S. servicemembers deployed overseas or elderly, disabled citizens isolated at home.
“As for the president, he’s been very clear, he wants House Republicans and Democrats, too, if they were politically wise, to pass this legislation for the Senate to pass it, to send it to the president’s desk so that it can be signed into law,” Leavitt said.
The issue of voter ID in America is far from radioactive. According to a 2025 survey from Pew Research, 83 percent of Americans support requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote.
This week, Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), along with 12 other members of the U.S. House, called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) to invoke the filibuster and vote on the Save (America) Act.
“300+ days of delay is enough,” she wrote on X. “Invoke the standing filibuster. Debate the SAVE (America) Act in the open. Vote. Pass it. Send it to the President’s desk. Election integrity is not optional. The country is watching, Senator Thune.”
