Require voters to show a photo ID when they cast a ballot.

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter · Georgia · Republican

policy impact 4.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 98%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter said the House passed the SAVE America Act, describing it as legislation requiring proof of citizenship and photo identification to vote. The page lists a provision to require any voter to show photo ID when casting a ballot, with absentee and mail voters attaching a copy of ID.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Carter publicly backed House-passed federal legislation that would impose a photo-ID voting requirement, a concrete pro-delivery action but not final enactment.

partial later_term A for effort

Carter lauds House passage of SAVE America Act : U.S. Representative Buddy Carter
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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Senate vote 73 on March 26, 2026 was rejected 53-47: motion to invoke cloture on Husted Amendment No. 4732 to S. 1383, described as "To require voters to provide photo identification."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The relevant federal voter-photo-ID amendment failed to clear Senate cloture, so the commitment had not been enacted federally as of the current refresh despite House-side action.

unresolved later_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 2nd Session (2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

The promised federal outcome was not enacted. Carter publicly backed and helped advance House-passed legislation that would require photo ID to vote, which is a serious pro-delivery legislative effort. However, the relevant Senate photo-ID measure failed cloture on March 26, 2026, so the federal requirement did not become law.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%