Rep. Nancy Mace announced that she has filed an amendment to the SAVE America Act aimed at accelerating the bill’s voter identification requirements so they would apply to elections beginning November 1, 2026.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced that the SAVE America Act, introduced by Rep. Chip Roy and Sen. Mike Lee, is expected to receive a vote in the U.S. House this week. The proposal is described as an updated version of the SAVE Act that adds a voter ID requirement for federal elections while keeping the proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration.
Mace said the change is intended to ensure the requirements are in place before the 2026 midterm elections, arguing the timeline in the current legislation delays implementation until 2027. She stated that the elections will be critical, with control of Congress at stake, and emphasized that “every vote must be legitimate, every ballot must be legal, and ONLY American citizens should get to decide America’s future.”
The amendment proposes revising language in the Rules Committee print of the bill. It would strike the phrase “held in 2027 or any succeeding year” and replace it with “held on or after November 1, 2026” in two sections of the text, including Page 31 beginning on line 4 and Page 32 beginning on line 3.
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