미국 민주당 : 공화당이 부정선거를 위해 선거법을 개정하고 있다

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NWJD미국 민주당이 말하기를 공화당이 선거를 조작하기 위해 공화당이 선거법을 개정하고 있다고 주장하며 반발하는 것은

소위 < 미국을 구하자> 는 < SAVE AMERICA > ,<<  Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act>> << 미국 투표자 자격을 확고히 하는 법안> 입니다.

이 법의 핵심은 투표자가 사진이 들어있는 신분증, 여권, 운전면허증 등의 증명서를 지참해야 투표할수 있다는 것입니다.

그런데, 이런 법안은 2005년도에도 제출되었지만, 후세인 오바마가 상원의원이던 시절에 강력히 반대하여 저지되었습니다.

이번에는 하원을 통과했는데, 상원에서 필리버스터로 53대 47로 계류, 보류된 상태이며, 통과되려면 60석이 필요하든지, 

필리버스터를 격파하든지 해야 합니다.

민주당이 반대하는 이유는 1) 사진이 포함된 신분증을 갖지 않은 사람이 2100만이나 되고 2) 그 사람들은 저소득층이라서 소득계층간 차별이 발생하고 3) 연방법을 실행하려면, 그것이 신분증 불참 투표자들을 징역 5년까지 부과할수 있는 법이므로, 주법으로 행정절차를 갖추어야 하는데 그런 법을 마련하려면 몇년 걸리기 때문에 실현 불가능하고 4) 신분증 갖지 않는 사람들이 유색인종이 많으므로 인종차별이기 때문에 반대한다는 것입니다.

그리하여, 민주당 알렉산드리아 오카시오 코르테즈 하원의원은 < 공화당이 오직 시민권자만 투표할수 있게 만들어서 선거 조작을 획책하고 있다> 고 주장하는 것입니다. 세계 어느 나라든지, 오직 자국민만 투표할수 있도록 하고 있습니다!

미국내 여론의 83%는 이 법안을 지지합니다. 즉 민주당 지지자들 중에도 다수가 이 법안을 지지한다는 것입니다.

공화당이 지난 2020년 선거가 부정선거였다고 주장하는 근거로는

1) 이러한 신분증 없이 투표한 사람들이 많았고 ( 죽은 사람과 불법이민자들이 투표했고)

2) 선거일 한달 전에 투표용지가 배부되었음에도, 부재자들이 투표한 투표가 선거일 이 일주일 이상 지난다음에 도착한 것들을 집계해야 하는 시스템이 잘못된 것이고

3) 공화당 참관인들이 없는 사이에 투표용지가 무더기로 투입되었고

4) 공화당 참관인들이 없는 사이에 투표용지가 계수되었고

5) 도미니언이라는 투표, 검표 계수기 회사가 교묘한 조작을 시도해왔다는 것입니다. 이 회사가 아닌 다른 회사로 교체해야 공정할 것이라는 것입니다.

6) 애리조나 주 등의 경우 선거법 개정은 주 의회가 할수 있는 일인데도, 주 대법원이 개표 마감일을 뒤로 바꾸기도 하여 의회의 일을 사법부가 행했다는 것 등입니다.

민주당과 언론들의 주장은 신분증 없이 투표한 사람들의 수는 미미하다는 것입니다.

그러나 한 두표를 다투는 선거도 많았으므로 그것은 변명이 되기 힘들 것같습니다.

또 일론 머스크가 밝혀낸 사실은 미국에서 300세 이상인 사람들이 연금을 받고 있는 경우가 많고

100세 이상 연금 수령자들이 473만 이상이 되는데 실제 100세 이상인 사람은 그렇게 많지 않다는 것이며

심지어 100 세 미만의 연금수령자들 중에도 가공인물들이 많다는 것입니다.

즉 이런 상황은 사진 부착 신분증 확인 없이 하는 투표로는 부정선거가 될 가능성이 높다는 것입니다.

공화당은 세이브 아메리카 법이 통과되지 않으면, 투표현장마다 ICE 국경 순찰대를 파견하여 불체자들을 검거하겠다는 것입니다. 이 경우 불체자들이 투표하여 미국의 선거를 조작하려는 시도를 막을 수 있다는 것입니다.

한국에서 주민등록증이나, 신분증 없이 투표해도 괜찮다고 법을 바꾸면 어떻게 될까요?

한국 언론들은 미국 공화당이 올바른 주장을 하는 것은 잘 보도하지 않으면서 그냥 음모론이라고 덮어버립니다.

공화당은 공정한 선거로 중간선거를 이기겠다는 전략입니다.

2026. 6. 1 하토브

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also known as the SAVE Act or SAVE America Act, is a proposed United States law that aims the security of U.S. elections by, among other steps, requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. The bill was introduced among immigration policies of the second Donald Trump administration, under claims that there was significant fraud in previous elections, including voting by undocumented immigrants. The bill has been controversial, opponents claiming that the claims of fraud are unproven, and that a larger goal is meant to disenfranchise eligible voters. As of May 2026, the bill has yet to pass both houses.

Senate Republicans voted to advance debate on the SAVE America Act, which would mandate proof of citizenship to register and a government-issued photo ID to vote in federal elections.   The legislation, passed by the House in February 2026, faces significant hurdles in the Senate where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority but lack the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. 

Key legislative developments include:

·        Photo ID Amendment Failure: An amendment specifically requiring photo ID, offered by Sen. Jon Husted, failed to advance on March 26, 2026, in a 53-47 vote after Senate Democrats objected. 

·        Party-Line Opposition: While 83% of Americans reportedly support voter ID requirements, all Senate Democrats opposed the amendment, with leaders like Chuck Schumer arguing the broader bill is a "naked attempt to rig elections" and would disenfranchise voters. 

·        Bill Provisions: The full SAVE America Act requires states to share voter rolls with the Department of Homeland Security to remove noncitizens and imposes strict ID rules for mail-in ballots. 

·        Republican Support: Supporters, including Majority Leader John Thune, argue the measures are "common sense" for election integrity, though the bill lacks sufficient support for final passage in the current Senate. 

·        Amendment to require photo ID to vote fails in Senate as Democrats object

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·        March 26, 2026 / 1:40 PM EDT / CBS News

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·        Washington — An amendment that would require voters to show photo identification to cast a ballot failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday, despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying last week that Democrats were not opposed to such a requirement.

·        The amendment to the elections bill needed 60 votes to advance. It was defeated in a 53 to 47 vote. 

·        The vote came during the second week of a marathon debate over a controversial elections bill known as the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and certain forms of photo ID to cast a ballot. The legislation does not have enough support to clear the 60-vote threshold in the upper chamber, but President Trump has dialed up the pressure on Senate Republicans to find a way to force it through. 

·        Schumer condemned the amendment on Thursday before the vote, arguing it would "impose the single strictest voter ID law in America." 

·        "This radical amendment would toss out every single voter ID requirement in all 50 states for federal elections and put in an overly restrictive, one-size-fits-all approach," the New York Democrat said.  

·        GOP Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio offered the amendment, which lists valid forms of photo ID as a driver's license, state-issued identification, passport, military ID or tribal ID. 

·        "The types of IDs that are sitting in wallets right now, that the American people use on a regular basis," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said in a floor speech Wednesday. 

·        Ahead of the vote, Husted called the amendment "clean, simple, straightforward," adding that there are "no additional restrictions, no tricks, no games, no prohibition on absentee voting." 

·        Schumer said it would require people who vote by mail to include a photocopy of their ID with their ballot, which would eliminate the secrecy of how someone voted. 

·        Husted accused Schumer of misrepresenting how the mail-in ballot process would work. He said voters would include a photo of their ID or the last four digits of their Social Security number on the outside of the secrecy envelope containing the ballot. The information would be validated to ensure that it's from a registered voter before separating it from the ballot, which would be counted separately, he said.

·        Polling has shown Americans are largely in favor of requiring a valid ID to vote.

·        Thune said Tuesday that Republicans would put Democrats on the spot on the issue after Schumer said last week that Democrats are not opposed to photo ID. Schumer said, "our objection as Democrats is not to a photo ID," as he railed against the SAVE America Act as "a naked attempt to rig our elections." 

·        "This is an issue on which there is broad agreement with the public, and obviously we're going to give the Democrats an opportunity to vote on that one particular issue, and that is whether or not people ought to have to show some form of identification when they go to vote," Thune said.

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Everything to know about the SAVE America Act voter ID bill

Published Tue, Mar 17 20261:14 PM EDTUpdated Wed, Mar 18 20266:30 AM EDT

Justin Papp@in/justin-papp@justinjpapp1

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Key Points

·        The SAVE America Act is a controversial proposal pushed by Trump and supported by hard-line and mainstream Republicans.

·        Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., promised a vote on the bill this week, and drawn-out debate is expected.

·        Democrats and voting rights groups warn the bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans by erecting bureaucratic barriers to voting.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign an executive order creating an anti‑fraud task force headed by U.S. Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 16, 2026.

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The SAVE America Act is a top priority for President Donald Trump that he has been mentioning at every opportunity — in appearances before reporters in the Oval Office, at campaign-style rallies in rooms full of supporters and in musings on his Truth Social platform.

The Senate this week is expected to begin marathon debate on the elections bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot.

Trump, GOP hardliners and conservative influencers like Elon Musk say the Senate must pass the bill, which the House advanced in February. Democrats strongly oppose the legislation, and voting rights groups warn it could disenfranchise millions.

Here is a breakdown of what is in the bill, who it could affect and why it has been the subject of so much controversy:

Who opposes the bill and why?

Most Democrats and voting rights groups have warned the legislation could disenfranchise millions of voters by imposing citizenship and photographic identification requirements. 

Around 21 million Americans do not have documents proving their citizenship readily available and 2.6 million Americans lack government-issued photo ID of any kind, according to the Brennan Center for Justice and the University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement. Low-income and minority voters are more likely to lack the documents required in the SAVE America Act, and people who have changed their last names — primarily married women —would also face additional barriers to registering.

Democrats have also warned the SAVE America Act is part of a broader attempt by Trump to alter the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections, which will decide control of the House and Senate and set the tone for Trump’s final two years in office.

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Why is Trump focused on the SAVE America Act?

Trump for years has warned about the threats of noncitizen voting and claimed — without evidence — that U.S. elections are not secure. He has doubled down on these claims in recent months ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, warning he will be impeached for a third time if Democrats take back the House and Senate. Trump in recent months has called to nationalize elections and threatened to impose voter-ID laws and ban mail-in voting by executive order.

“The Save America Act is one of the most IMPORTANT & CONSEQUENTIAL pieces of legislation in the history of Congress, and America itself. NO MORE RIGGED ELECTIONS! Voter I.D., Proof of Citizenship, No Rigged Mail-In Voting (We are the only Country in the World that allows this!),” the president wrote in a Truth Social post on Tuesday.

Are we the only country in the world that allows mail-in voting?

No. While most countries do not allow mail voting, more than two dozen do have some system of postal voting, according to the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. Canada, the UK and Germany are among those with mail voting systems.

Do voters already have to present ID to vote or register to vote?

Laws vary from state-to-state. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 36 states have laws requiring or requesting voters show some form of ID to vote. Of those, 10 have strict photo-ID laws.

Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., do not require any ID to vote and instead use other information to verify voters’ identity, like a signature that is checked against a database.

Registration rules also vary by state, but a 2002 federal law requires first-time voters who vote by mail and have not provided verification of their identity to do so before casting a ballot. Valid documents include photo ID, bank statements, utility bills or paychecks. Most states require voters to attest to the fact that they are U.S. citizens before registering to vote.

It is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.

Have there been efforts like this in the past?

There have been numerous attempts in the past to establish federal voter-ID laws, some of which picked up momentum in Congress. 

One such proposal was led by Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., and advanced out of the House in 2006. That legislation would have created a voter-ID requirement for the 2008 election and by 2010 would have required photo ID to prove citizenship. It also would have required states to set up programs to distribute IDs to voters, in some cases at no cost. The bill never got a vote in the Senate.

Democratic opposition to these efforts also goes back decades. In 2005, Barack Obama, then an Illinois senator, introduced a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that voter-ID requirements should be rejected.

More recently, a slightly pared-down version the SAVE America Act — dubbed simply the SAVE Act — advanced out of the House last year. The SAVE Act contained the same noncitizen voting provisions as the SAVE American Act, but it did not include language imposing photo ID at polling places.

Is there a lot of voter fraud?

Voting rights groups generally agree voter fraud is exceedingly rare. 

In Georgia, where after losing the 2020 election, Trump claimed thousands of dead people voted. A report commissioned by the president found scant evidence. A voter fraud database compiled by the conservative Heritage Foundation lists 1,620 instances of documented fraud dating back to 1982 -- amounting to a tiny fraction of total ballots cast in that more than 40-year period.

A voter fills out a ballot at an El Dorado County polling station during California’s special election on Proposition 50, a measure that would temporarily redraw congressional districts, in El Dorado Hills, California, U.S., Nov. 4, 2025.

Fred Greaves | Reuters

Would people who are registered to vote be taken off voter rolls?

The legislation would require states to verify citizenship status — in some cases by sharing their voter rolls with the Department of Homeland Security — which would then cross-reference the list with its internal citizenship database. Any registered voters who are flagged would then have to prove their citizenship or else be removed from voter rolls.

What documents would qualify as proof of citizenship?

Any Real ID that shows proof of citizenship would be acceptable under the SAVE America Act. That includes a U.S. passport, birth certificate, military or tribal ID. A recent analysis by the Bipartisan Policy Center found that around 12% of registered voters do not have ready access to the necessary documents. People with higher incomes and higher levels of education are more likely than other Americans to have access to such documents, BPC found.

If passed, when would these changes take effect?

The legislation’s provisions would take effect immediately upon passage. Some state election officials have warned of the potential difficulty of implementing such changes in an election year if the legislation passes before the November midterms.

The California attorney general’s office in a statement in February said the measure “would require states to fundamentally restructure their voter registration procedures” by creating new systems for document verification and criminalizing mistakes made by election officials with penalties of up to five years in prison.

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