White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is making an example of former President Barack Obama for encouraging voters and lawmakers to reject adopting national voter ID laws. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
"Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans," he posted to X Wednesday evening. "Join @RedistrictAct and tell your member of Congress to vote no."
Democrats have argued that voter ID laws can disenfranchise eligible voters because they often require specific, current government-issued IDs that may be a struggle to obtain due to costs, paperwork hurdles or limited DMV access. Republicans have rejected that argument, calling the requirement a common-sense safeguards that would boost confidence in elections, while simultaneously noting that most Americans already need IDs for everyday tasks.
In another post, Leavitt shared that Obama presented his own driver's license to vote in the 2012 election. Obama voted early that cycle and was seen on camera pulling his Illinois driver's license from his wallet to flash to poll workers.
Democrats have argued that voter ID laws can disenfranchise eligible voters because they often require specific, current government-issued IDs that may be a struggle to obtain due to costs, paperwork hurdles or limited DMV access. (Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Called the SAVE Act, the legislation would additionally require information-sharing between state election officials and federal authorities in verifying citizenship on current voter rolls, as well as enable the Department of Homeland Security to pursue immigration cases if non-citizens were found to be listed as eligible to vote.
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If passed, the new requirement could be implemented for the November midterm elections. It must first pass the Senate before it could land on President Donald Trump's desk.
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