A teeny peek under the hood of Trump's Sodomize American Voters Everywhere, or "SAVE," voting legislation.

[Miles Archer]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/save-act-explained-republicans-sweeping-elections-overhaul-would-impose-strict-new-voting-rules-potentially-disenfranchising-millions-of-voters-223848854.html

Right now, rules around voter registration, the types of ID people need to show when they go to the polls and things like mail-in voting vary dramatically from state to state. The SAVE Act, which is officially named the SAVE America Act, comes well short of Trump’s ambition to “nationalize” American elections, but it would impose strict new rules for the whole country. These are some of its most important provisions:

Proof of citizenship for voter registration: The SAVE Act would require anyone registering to vote anywhere in the U.S. to show “documentary proof of United States citizenship.” Under the provisions in the bill, things like a driver’s license, Real ID or Social Security number would not be enough. Prospective voters would need to provide a valid U.S. passport, military ID, tribal ID or birth certificate.

These requirements would apply to new voters and to anyone who was reregistering, either because they moved to a new state or changed their name. It would create additional hurdles for women who take their partner’s name after getting married, who would need to provide extra documentation to explain why their current name doesn’t match what’s listed on their birth certificate or passport.

Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in most U.S. elections. States already require voters to certify, under the threat of legal penalties, that they are citizens when they register. States also audit their voter rolls regularly to purge the names of anyone who should not be listed. Though Trump and many Republicans have claimed that noncitizen voting is rampant in American elections, researchers have found a “shockingly small number” of actual documented incidents — far too few to impact the outcome of even small local elections.

[dickthegrouch]

1. Continuing the canard of certain ID's not being enough

"Under the provisions in the bill, things like a driver’s license, Real ID or Social Security number would not be enough"

They never should have been enough.

A SSN and driver's license is available to almost anyone (at least in CA) who has something more longterm than a visitor visa, along with a permit to work for the SSN. TIN's, which are visually indistiguishable from SSN's are available to anyone, and frequently used for criminal purposes, as well as attempts by otherwise undocumented persons to follow the law regarding income tax and social security withholding requirements.

In most States even a Real ID doesn't require proof of citizenship to obtain, just independent proof of recent residency and another Government issued ID.

Passports, birth certificates, tribal paperwork, and naturalization certificates are the only proofs of citizenship (AFAIK).

(I am not an attorney, but have intersected a lot with various residency and associated restrictions).