Fetterman Statement on Voting Against Debate on the SAVE America Act

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, following the Senate voting to begin debate on theSave America Act,U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) released the following statement:
“83% of Americans agree on voter ID.
“71% of Democrats agree on voter ID.
“Keep it basic: PHOTO ID to vote.
“Stop turning this into a Christmas list and attacking vote-by-mail.
“If the GOP wants real reform over a show vote––put out a clean, standalone bill and I’m AYE.”
Consistent with the majority of Americans, Senator Fetterman fully supports photo identification to vote. TheSAVE America Act, in its current form, includesvarious policiesthat make it unworkable not just for Democrats, but also Republicans, with theSenate’s Republican leaderswarning the bill is set up to fail.
Senator Fetterman has pointed to states like Wisconsin that enshrined voter identification and continues to protect that requirement. On voting by mail, Pennsylvania Republicanshelped usherin election reform to include mail-in voting in 2019, with a high number of Republicanvoters utilizingthis safe and secure method as recently as last year. On voter fraud, Senator Fetterman highlighted theHeritage Foundation’s databaseand theBipartisan Policy Center’s analysisof the database to reinforce voter fraud is highly uncommon with 77 cases reported across the country from 1999 to 2023.
TheSAVE America Actis now on the Senate floor for debate.