"There's a number of ways—five or six ways—to demonstrate citizenship. And there's a number of things that qualify as sufficient voter ID. And that same argument against voter ID, I mean, you have to have an ID to get a six pack, you have to have it to give blood, you have to have it to have a child, and you have to have it to get married. This is a commonsense thing."
"They wanna cheat, the president said. They have cheated. And their policy is so bad that the only way they can get elected is to cheat. And we're gonna stop it. We have to stop it."
"Opponents of the legislation state that it could disenfranchise millions of Americans who do not have ready access to such documents."
Sen. Dave McCormick made an inaccurate claim that identification is required to have a child in the U.S. while advocating for the SAVE Act, legislation requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration. Republicans are pushing this bill despite controlling only 53 of 100 Senate seats, falling short of the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster. Opponents argue the requirement could disenfranchise millions of Americans without ready access to birth certificates or passports. President Trump has urged passage of the bill and falsely claimed Democrats can only win through voter fraud. McCormick compared voter ID requirements to identification needed for other activities, though his child-rearing claim lacks factual basis.
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