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The White House and President Trump are still committed to permanently codifying voter ID in the United States, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Wednesday.
Amid the drums of war in the Middle East and the ongoing large-scale combat strikes of Operation Epic Fury, many Americans have voiced concern that the SAVE America Act – legislation that would codify photo ID – has been brushed aside, but the White House said this is not the case.
“Is the SAVE Act still a priority for the administration?” Leavitt was asked by a reporter during a briefing.
“Absolutely,” Leavitt noted.
She continued, “The SAVE Act is absolutely still a priority for this president and the administration. The focus, of course, of much of the president’s time right now is on ensuring the success of Operation Epic Fury. But the president can walk and chew gum at the same time, and he’s very much continuing to focus on the issues that matter here at home for the American people, including the passage of the SAVE Act, including bringing down the cost of living.”
The SAVE Act has been held up in the U.S. Senate, frustrating many election-integrity proponents. As reported by RSBN, President Donald Trump recently pressured the Senate to pass the legislation during his State of the Union in late February, noting, “It’s very simple: all voters must show voter ID.”
He has repeatedly voiced his support for such a law.
Voter ID is widely popular with all Americans, according to polling. New data from Harvard Caps/Harris, for example, found that 71 percent of Americans strongly support the SAVE America Act, including 69 percent of Independents and 50 percent of Democrats.
Importantly, that same poll also found that 85 percent of voters say “only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote,” and 81 percent of Americans specifically support the implementation of voter ID in general. Another 73 percent of voters agreed that there should be a national law “requiring all ballots to be counted within 24 hours of Election Day.”
