GOP-led House passes controversial 'show your papers' bill that would affect 146M people

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By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
Published February 11, 2026 8:10 PM ET

US House approves bill mandating proof of citizenship for voting in federal elections

by Ashley Murray, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
February 11, 2026

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed legislation Wednesday that would require the public to produce a passport or birth certificate in most cases to register to vote, less than a year out from November midterm elections.

The 218-213 vote split mostly along party lines, with one Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, breaking with his party to support the measure. One Republican, North Carolina’s Greg Murphy, did not vote.

Republicans argued the bill, dubbed by House Republicans as the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act,” or the SAVE America Act, will prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections, which is already illegal and rare.

https://www.rawstory.com/citizenship-election/

This BS law has now turned this country into a fascist Russian State, Authoritarian Communist State system of voting...............hey US Supreme court what do you think.............you still think your wives can vote...... not according to this law unless they show their birth certificate and it both houses of Congress .....................come on do you think the 19th Amendment is full of it.............Hey Supreme Court what do you think of Article 1 Section 4 Clause 1 of the Constitution....is now moot with your Executive Unitarity BS government when you gave a 34 count fraudster immunity and he's been yelling about Nationalizing the elections.........Federalist Society, Judicial Watch, Project 2025 have got there wet dream now............November cannot get here fast enough.......this republic is in trouble...........

[struggle4progress]

1. They can all jam their thumbs up their asses and waddle down the road

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2. I agree............take both thumbs and shove them up there and watch them twirl.........

they truly are traitors to the rule of law...................

[Ol Janx Spirit]

3. It's not a law yet! It looks like it has a steep hill to climb in the Senate unless they nuke...

...the filibuster.

But yes, Republicans are trying to turn "this country into a fascist Russian State."

But as you point out: it is not going to affect only Democratic-leaning voters. There are plenty of Rs that will not be able to jump through the hoop as well.

[UpInArms]

4. My Trump humping neighbors

Will be so surprised to find the leopards have eaten their faces

[turbinetree]

7. They always go around saying that it will never happen to them..............wait until they smell the coffee

and tell there wives don't forget the birth certificate...............after all your a second class citizen's if this passes.........

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Good point

Donald John and the Repiggies rely a lot on uneducated white voters. Just how.many of them can cough up birth certificates and passports at the polling booths?

This legislation will cause trouble for some Latinos in border states. But here’s the thing: thanks to the increasingly stringent border controls shoved down our throats by the Rethuglies, those Latinos with friends and loved ones on the other side of the border probably possess passports and other proofs of citizenship that loyal MAGAs like Clem and Lester probably lack.

IMO Democratic grass-roots organizations ought to start encouraging progressive voters to get proofs of citizenship ASAP. This might be someplace where grass-roots organizing can trump Republican astroturfing.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

10. Exactly. It really does feel like the MAGA movement was built on people that traditionally...

...did not vote reliably. They were not part of the traditional country club Republican power center that definitely had the resources and organization to easily overcome a law like this.

But the new Republican base does not seem as organized or responsible.

I think you are right that a lot of immigrants are going to be better prepared than people in rural areas that have gotten by on white privilege and have never had to prove--or even thought about--their citizenship.

Ah, the law of unintended consequences....

[multigraincracker]

6. Cops get to wear mask while legal

citizens have to show their papers.

[Boo1]

8. Republicans are dumb

Does anybody want to bet that Republicans would end up with a net loss with this bill because their voters would be too stupid to realize they needed to show up to the polls with something besides their ID?

Do you think the average Democrat or Republican is more likely to have a passport?

Do you think the average married woman is more likely to have a passport or have kept their name if they are a Democrat or a Republican?

Republicans think Democrats benefit from non-citizens who vote. That's just BS, and they are try to shoot themselves in the foot for it.

[oberle]

9. I wonder if this means I'll have to get copies of my divorce decrees

I don't have them, or my marriage licenses.