众议院周三通过了一项大规模选举诚信改革法案，尽管遭到绝大多数民主党人的反对。
众议院通过了众议员奇普·罗伊（Chip Roy）提出的《SAVE美国法案》（SAVE America Act），该法案旨在防止非公民在美国联邦选举中投票。除了得克萨斯州民主党众议员亨利·奎利亚尔（Henry Cuellar）外，所有其他民主党众议员都投了反对票。法案以218票对213票通过。
这是《保障美国选民资格法案》（Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility, SAVE Act）的更新版本，同样由得克萨斯州共和党众议员罗伊牵头。该法案于2025年4月在众议院通过，但从未在参议院进行表决。
与原版《SAVE法案》不同的是，后者在选民登记过程中建立新的联邦公民身份证明要求，并要求各州清理不符合资格的选民名单，而更新后的法案还将要求在任何联邦选举中都需出示照片身份证明才能投票。
默科夫斯基背离共和党在选民ID问题上的立场，称此举“并非建立信任的方式”
该法案还将要求州选举官员与联邦当局共享信息，以核实现有选民名单上的公民身份，并允许国土安全部（DHS）在发现非公民被列为有资格投票时追究移民案件。
民主党人谴责该法案等同于压制选民，而共和党人则辩称，在拜登政府四年期间涌入美国的数百万非法移民之后，这是必要的。
“如果我们想再次重建对美国选举的信心，就需要通过《SAVE法案》，”佛罗里达州共和党众议员迈克·哈里波洛斯（Mike Haridopolos）告诉福克斯新闻数字版。“还有什么比确保任何投票者都是真正有资格的美国公民更好的方式来消除这种不信任呢？”
马萨诸塞州民主党众议员、众议院少数党党鞭凯瑟琳·克拉克（Katherine Clark）指责共和党人试图让女性更难投票。她辩称，该立法会让已婚女性在出生证明上的姓氏与婚前姓氏不同时更难投票。
“共和党人并不担心非公民投票。他们害怕的是真正的美国公民投票。为什么？因为他们在女性选民中失利了，”克拉克在众议院辩论中表示。“这是你们为女性和美国公民及其投票权设置的繁文缛节雷区。”
共和党人和特朗普在选民ID法案上遭遇参议院阻碍
但俄克拉荷马州共和党众议员、众议院共和党政策委员会主席凯文·赫尔恩（Kevin Hern）强调，这是为了防止非法移民在选举中投票。
“这确实是为了助长民主党想要的那种叙事——让来自世界各地的非法移民来到这里支持他们，”赫尔恩谈到民主党人的反对时说。
得克萨斯州共和党人、共和党研究委员会主席奥古斯特·普卢格（August Pfluger）告诉福克斯新闻数字版：“美国人民并没有给共和党人一个为自己找借口的授权。他们给了我们一个实现胜利的授权，而《SAVE美国法案》正是这一授权的体现。今天所有投反对票的民主党人都证明，他们宁愿让非法外国人在我们的全国选举中影响结果，也不愿保护你们的投票权。”
如果该法案得到实施，将可能在今年11月的中期选举中对选民提出新的要求。
但该法案必须在参议院通过，而参议院现行规则规定，至少需要几名民主党人支持才能达到60票的门槛以打破阻挠议事。
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德（Elizabeth Elkind）是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者，负责众议院报道。她曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻网发表过数字版署名文章。
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The House of Representatives passed a massive election integrity overhaul bill on Wednesday despite opposition from the vast majority of Democrats.
The House passed Rep. Chip Roy’s SAVE America Act, legislation that’s aimed at keeping non-citizens from voting in U.S. federal elections. All but one House Democrat — Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas — voted against the bill. It passed 218 to 213.
It is an updated version of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, also led by Roy, R-Texas, which passed the House in April 2025 but was never taken up in the Senate.
Whereas the SAVE Act would create a new federal proof of citizenship mandate in the voter registration process and impose requirements for states to keep their rolls clear of ineligible voters, the updated bill would also require photo ID to vote in any federal elections.
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It would also require information-sharing between state election officials and federal authorities in verifying citizenship on current voter rolls and enable the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to pursue immigration cases if non-citizens were found to be listed as eligible to vote.
Democrats have attacked the bill as tantamount to voter suppression, while Republicans argue that it’s necessary after the influx of millions of illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. during the four years of the Biden administration.
“If we want to rebuild confidence again in American elections, we need to pass the SAVE Act,” Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital. “What better way to eliminate that distrust than to make sure that whoever votes in an American citizen who is truly eligible to vote?”
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., accused Republicans of trying to make it harder for women to vote. She argued that the legislation would make it more difficult for married women to cast ballots if their surname is different from their maiden name on their birth certificate.
“Republicans aren’t worried about non-citizens voting. They’re afraid of actual American citizens voting. Why? Because they’re losing among women,” Clark said during debate on the House floor. “This is a minefield of red tape that you have put in front of women and American citizens and their right to vote.”
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But House GOP Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern, R-Okla., emphasized that it was about keeping illegal immigrants from voting in U.S. elections.
“This really is about feeding the narrative that Democrats want illegally from all over the world to come here to support them,” Hern said of Democrats’ opposition.
Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital, “The American people did not give Republicans a mandate to make excuses.They gave us one to deliver wins, and the SAVE America Act is exactly that. Every single Democrat who voted no today proved they would rather let illegal aliens tip the scales in our national elections than protect your vote.”
If implemented, the bill could see new requirements imposed on voters in this year’s November midterm elections.
But it would have to pass the Senate, where current rules dictate that at least several Democrats are needed to meet the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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