{"id":24393,"date":"2026-03-30T15:17:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=24393"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:17:55","slug":"senate-democrats-defeat-amendment-to-require-photo-id-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=24393","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats defeat amendment to require photo ID to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(THE HILL) \u2013 Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated an amendment sponsored by Sen.\u00a0Jon Husted\u00a0<\/span>(R), Ohio\u2019s former secretary of state, to require voters to show photo ID when casting ballots in person or voting by mail, despite previous statements by Senate Democratic Leader\u00a0Chuck Schumer\u00a0<\/span>(N.Y.) that Democrats support photo ID requirements for elections.\n<\/p>\n

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The Senate voted 52-47 to defeat the amendment, which needed 60 votes to be adopted.\n<\/p>\n

No Democrat voted for it.\n<\/p>\n

The photo ID requirement for elections is a core piece of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, which the Senate is debating this week, but Husted sought to put his Democratic colleagues on record on requiring photo ID to vote as a stand-alone matter.\n<\/p>\n

The SAVE America Act includes other reforms, such as requiring people to show documented proof of citizenship, such as birth certificates or passports, when registering to vote.\n<\/p>\n

Husted cited Schumer\u2019s comment earlier this month that Democrats support requiring voters to show ID when voting.\n<\/p>\n

Schumer told reporters in a March 15 press call that Democrats included a voter ID provision in their Freedom to Vote Act, which they introduced in 2021 when they controlled the Senate.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cDemocrats support voter ID. In fact, we included it and it is included in our Freedom to Vote legislation several years ago. So, we\u2019re not opposed,\u201d Schumer said at the time.\n<\/p>\n

Husted said his amendment would give every Senate Democrat the chance to show that\u2019s true.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to take them at their word and offer an opportunity to turn those words into action,\u201d Husted said on the floor before the vote. \u201cThe Senate will take a roll call vote on a clean, simple, straightforward amendment of mine to require a photo ID to vote in American elections. Nothing more. Straightforward. That\u2019s it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Husted said his proposal would allow voters to show a driver\u2019s license, a state ID, a passport, a military veterans ID or a tribal ID.\n<\/p>\n

Schumer stood up on the floor to slam Husted\u2019s proposal as another attempt by Republicans to suppress votes in the upcoming midterm election.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans have an amendment on the floor dressed up as common-sense voter ID. This is a wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing, and it\u2019s a giant cover-up, which is voter suppression, kicking people off the rolls without their knowledge or consent,\u201d Schumer said.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe point is not about voter ID. In fact, 99 percent of the SAVE Act doesn\u2019t have to do with voter ID,\u201d he claimed.\n<\/p>\n

Husted said Schumer\u2019s response was a \u201cmisrepresentation\u201d of the facts because his amendment was narrowly drafted to deal only with voter ID.\n<\/p>\n

Schumer also criticized the amendment for requiring voters to submit photocopies of IDs when submitting absentee ballots, arguing it would infringe on voters\u2019 right to secrecy.\n<\/p>\n

He said that voters would \u201chave to add a photo ID with their ballot, so the election officials would up the envelope and could see how you voted.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sacred secrecy of our ballot would be undone by this amendment,\u201d he said. \u201cAnyone who voted by mail would have to put a voter ID inside the envelope, and the board of elections would have to open it up and see how you voted,\u201d he added. \u201cIt would violate basic privacy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published in The Hill.<\/em>
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