Sorry, Mr. President, but the SAVE Act Isn’t Happening This Year
Derek Hunter
I love The SAVE Act – the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act – and hope it becomes law…someday. But that day is not today and will not be before the November elections. Not because I had anything to do with it. If I were that powerful, it would already be law. But because there aren’t enough votes, nor is there enough time to implement it before the November elections. People don’t want to tell President Donald Trump these truths if he doesn’t want to hear them, but reality is not dependent upon anyone’s comfort level with it.
That doesn’t mean there is nothing Republicans could do, or try to do, before November to ensure the integrity of voting. A stand-alone bill that is maybe three sentences that requires a photo ID to vote in federal elections would be easy and, at a minimum, put enormous pressure on Democrats to vote for it.
Voter ID is wildly popular, so voting against it would be a bad look for Dems, meaning only the safest, most gerrymandered districts would have anyone voting against it. Common sense is funny that way.
I’m not sure it would stand up to court challenges that would immediately be filed, or at least be fully adjudicated before November, so I’d expect an injunction to “pause” it before it would matter this year. But honestly, that would happen even if Congress somehow managed to pass the SAVE Act as it is currently written.
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https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/06/25/sorry-mr-president-but-the-save-act-isnt-happening-this-year-n2678268
