House Passes Mail-Ballot Voter ID Measure With 13 Democratic Votes
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 24
House Passes Mail-Ballot Voter ID Measure With 13 Democratic Votes
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 24
Summary
Thirteen Democrats joined Republicans to pass a House measure requiring photo ID for mail-in ballots, extending voter-identification rules to absentee voting.
Republicans cast the bill as an election-integrity step and tied it to broader SAVE America Act provisions that would require proof of citizenship for voter registration and expand federal access to state voter rolls.
Steve Scalise and Bryan Steil argued ID checks are routine in daily life, citing airline boarding, alcohol purchases, the 2024 Democratic convention and Olive Garden's $100 pasta pass.
Democrats say the package amounts to voter suppression, warning it could burden married women whose names changed and make absentee voting harder.
The House vote follows this week's earlier passage of a broader voter ID bill, but the effort still faces steep odds in the Senate, where 60 votes would be needed.