The US Senate has members who do NOT Want anything to do with a Trump Federal Voter ID Bill….
Elections in the US are held by the states …..
Some have voter ID requirements….
Most do not….
Trump would need 60 US Senate votes…..
THAT is NOT gonna happen….
There isn’t even enough votes in the US House either...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) says the SAVE America Act, President Trump’s No. 1 legislative priority, is “dead” on Capitol Hill because there is not enough time to change election laws before the midterms — even if Senate Republicans muster 60 votes for the legislation, which is unlikely.
“Unless they do the work to get to the 60 votes, they know it’s dead, and so all this is theater,” Tillis told The News & Observer, repeating arguments he has made in Washington calling on GOP colleagues to move on to other priorities.
The North Carolina Republican continued, saying even if the election reform bill passes, there is no chance it is implementedbefore the Nov. 3 general election. The legislation — titled the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act — would require proof of citizenship for people registering to vote and for voters to show photo IDs to cast ballots.
The senator, who is not running for reelection, noted that it took his state a full year to implement voter ID requirements.
“Honestly, here in North Carolina, or in virtually any state, the ability, if we go back to when we implemented voter ID in North Carolina, it took a year to get everything in place with adequate funding,” he said….
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“It’s become a joke, in my mind for somebody that’s actually implemented voter ID law, how anybody can look the American voters in the eye and suggest that it could be implemented in time without just causing a huge impact on the elections, and ironically undermine the confidence of it,” the Republican added….
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Tillis was one of four Republican senators who voted against an amendment sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to attach Trump’s preferred version of the SAVE America Act to a budget reconciliation package.
The amendment, which needed 60 votes to be adopted, fell short of getting even a simple majority after Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also voted against it.
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the SAVE America Act would enact major policy changes with only a tangential impact on federal spending or the deficit, which means it’s not eligible to pass with a simple majority under the budget reconciliation process….
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