What’s actually in Trunp’s SAVE America voting bill

President Donald Trump has vowed not to sign any bills into law until the SAVE America Act is passed, escalating his pressure campaign to get a sweeping voting bill across the finish line before this fall's elections

President Donald Trump has vowed not to sign any bills into law until the SAVE America Act is passed, escalating his pressure campaign to get a sweeping voting bill across the finish line before this fall's elections.

The bill's future is murky in the Senate, where it lacks enough support to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Republicans in the Senate are divided over how to pass it and whether it’s possible to overcome Democratic opposition.

Add NBC News to GoogleTrump’s SAVE America Act wish list 'undercuts’ election message04:55Voter impersonation and noncitizen voting — the problems the legislation purports to solve — are already illegal and extremely rare, but the impacts on American citizens and election officials would be vast. Millions of Americans are thought not to have ready access to the required documents to prove citizenship, and rapid implementation of the bill could overwhelm election officials while they're trying to run midterm elections, too.

At the same time, Trump has repeatedly misstated the contents of the legislation in his public pitches for it and called for additions to the bill that would make those claims true.

Here's what's in the bill and what's not.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-save-america-voting-bill-rcna262706


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