# Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act - End of Democracy or Its Savior? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 13, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253 "2025-02-13T00:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/161 "2026-02-20T21:55:49Z")
McConnell is an institutionalist. He knows the Republicans aren’t going to be in the majority forever. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/162 "2026-02-20T21:58:17Z")
He also doesn’t need to worry about reelection. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/163 "2026-02-20T22:23:36Z")
Or living all that long in the America he was instrumental in bringing about (he’s 84). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/164 "2026-02-20T22:41:05Z")
Yeah, Moscow Mitch is a strategic Republican. I must be becoming accustomed to the new, impulsive Republicans who I figured would jump at the chance to deny someone the right to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/165 "2026-02-23T22:43:12Z")
Murkowski is a no. > **['Recipe for trouble': Key GOP senator comes out against Trump's voter...](https://www.rawstory.com/lisa-murkowski-2675299100/)** > > President Donald Trump's SAVE Act, an aggressive attempt to curtail voting rights, has earned a Republican opponent in the Senate.The bill would place nationalized voter ID requirements, put draconian new restrictions on the process of registering to... ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/166 "2026-02-26T20:06:11Z")
Thune says the bill is dead. > **['Frustrated' GOP Senate leader admits Trump's voter bill is dead — and lashes...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-thune-voter-bill/)** > > Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has reportedly hit a frustration point and rejected the "talking filibuster" — signaling that President Donald Trump's SAVE America Act no longer has a path forward. Thune has faced growing pressure from... ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/167 "2026-03-14T00:25:01Z")
In case you missed it, [Republicans are starting to flip on the nuclear option.](https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-op-ed-why-the-save-act-matters-more-than-the-filibuster/) This may be it. There was always going to be a triggering event, and this is one for the history books. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/168 "2026-03-14T00:41:46Z")
That’s Cormyn. He’s in a primary runoff right now and Trump is threatening to endorse Paxton instead, so he’s kissing Trump’s ass. Thune is a protege of McConnell and has zero interest in getting rid of the filibuster. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253/169 "2026-03-17T19:56:18Z")
“It’s bad when they do it but we do it only for good!” is the exact type of Republican hypocrisy the base eats up that will fill history books, should we survive to consider current events as history. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-end-of-democracy-or-its-savior/1014253.md?page=8)