The SAVE America Act requires Voter ID to vote in federal elections in addition to the original bill’s proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration.
Require a photo ID to vote in federal elections and require proof of citizenship for voter registration.
Occurrences
Evidence
The Senate voted 51-48 to open debate on the Save America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register and approved ID at the polls, but the article says the measure still faced a 60-vote filibuster hurdle and later petered out.
The executive order directs DHS and SSA to compile and transmit state citizenship lists and tells USPS to develop uniform rules using unique ballot-envelope identifiers for federal election ballots.
The article reports that Lee's office argued Utah should cooperate with DOJ and said the way to stop illegal votes is to pass the SAVE America Act, while also noting the bill remains stalled in the Senate.
The article says Trump's latest push would add the Save America Act to a reconciliation bill, but also says the measure has no path to enactment in the Senate and that earlier efforts had already petered out.
Assessments
Lee publicly backed and pressed the SAVE America Act-style policy, and the Senate at least opened debate on a bill that would require proof of citizenship for registration and approved ID at the polls. But no federal law enacted either requirement, and the cited executive action was only a partial administrative step by the Trump administration rather than Lee himself delivering the promised nationwide rules. Because Lee is still in office and the policy was still being actively pursued but remained stalled as of June 2026, this is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered, partial delivery, or a final failure.