Overview
- House-passed SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship and photo ID is stalled in the Senate short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster.
- Senate Republican leader John Thune said he will not force a talking filibuster, a tactic some conservatives wanted to try to advance the bill.
- During his State of the Union, the president urged passage of the bill and called for sharp limits on mail voting, a step that drew cooler Republican support.
- Republicans in vote-by-mail states, including Utah’s Blake Moore, defended their systems, and researchers note mail voting has not shown partisan advantage.
- Trump has threatened an executive order to require photo ID, though election-law experts say he lacks such authority and courts have blocked similar efforts in the past.