Democracy Docket reports:

If there were any Republican hopes that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) might change her mind to vote for the SAVE America Act, she made it clear in no uncertain terms that she will never.

“While I support the bill’s core tenets—ensuring that only American citizens vote and requiring identification when voting—I remain opposed to it,” wrote Murkowski in a Wall St. Journal op-ed, not even 24 hours after President Donald Trump made a deceitful plea for the U.S. Senate to pass it. “Why? Because it would have serious negative effects in Alaska, and the current text doesn’t allow for the time and resources needed for proper implementation.”

The SAVE America Act would require limited documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, limited forms of ID to cast ballots and would considerably scale back if not eliminate mail-in ballot voting. All of those would impair how Alaskans typically vote, especially for Alaska Natives who normally rely on tribal identification, which under the bill wouldn’t work for most election purposes, wrote Murkowski.

However, Murkowski also shared concerns that implementation of the SAVE America Act would sabotage election processes across the entire U.S. given that Trump wants it enforced for this year’s midterms. [Continue reading…]