{"id":2583466,"date":"2026-03-24T18:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-democrats-are-fighting-for-ballot-baloney\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:33:27","slug":"op-ed-democrats-are-fighting-for-ballot-baloney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-democrats-are-fighting-for-ballot-baloney\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed: Democrats Are Fighting for Ballot Baloney"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fop-ed-democrats-are-fighting-for-ballot-baloney%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece is an opinion article arguing in favor of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act). it asserts that the act would strengthen election integrity by requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and a photo ID to cast ballots, effectively limiting large-scale mail-in voting. The author contends that Democrats oppose the bill as part of a broader disenfranchisement effort aimed at preserving their electoral advantages. Citing MIT researchers, the article notes that Democrats have historically voted by mail at higher rates than Republicans (e.g., 60% vs. 32% in 2020; 37% vs. 24% in 2024), arguing that passage of the SAVE Act would challenge that dynamic. The piece claims the public supports the act broadly, including independents and a majority of Democrats, and argues that proof-of-citizenship documents are readily available (birth certificates, passports, naturalization papers, etc.) and that requiring IDs is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-bans-sex-change-procedures-for-minors-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"New Hampshire bans sex change procedures for minors - Washington Examiner\">common sense safeguard<\/a> already used in many daily activities. It highlights that a large number of House Democrats opposed the bill and suggests their stance is politically driven rather than about suffrage.The article emphasizes that eliminating online voter registration and mail-in ballots could undermine democratic prospects, while contending that public backing for verification measures remains strong. It closes with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >standard op-ed disclaimers noting<\/a> that the views are the author\u2019s and not necessarily those of the website.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>With last month&rsquo;s House passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, there is hope that election integrity will be strengthened and public confidence in voting outcomes restored. However, Democrat opposition to the legislation, as &ldquo;part of a broader disfranchisement effort,&rdquo; must still be overcome in the Senate to ensure that only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called SAVE Act effectively ends large-scale mail-in voting by requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and imposing photo ID requirements for casting ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Still, when elections are at stake, reasonableness has never been the strong suit of progressives, sacrificing fair-minded wisdom for win-at-all-costs ballot baloney.<\/p>\n<p>Posing as champions of huddled masses yearning to be free, liberals, once opening our borders, again embrace that sanctimonious mantle, claiming the SAVE Act marginalizes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">low-income<\/a> citizens. However, in building future electoral loyalty in the first group and immediate voting success in the second, their underlying motive remains political.<\/p>\n<p>More specifically, according to election researchers at MIT, in 2020, 60 percent of Democrats voted by mail, while only 32 percent of Republicans did. In 2024, that trend continued with 37 percent of Democrats mailing in ballots, compared to 24 percent of Republicans.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, research estimated that in 2020, 67 percent of mail-in votes went to Democrats, and four years later, 60 percent did. By contrast, in 2020, 33 percent of mail-in ballots were cast for Republicans, rising to only 40 percent in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>But while those statistics are estimates, it is not lost on progressives that eliminating online voter registration and mail-in ballots will assuredly undermine their candidates. Thus, no matter how often Democrats frame opposition to the SAVE Act as efforts to protect suffrage for minorities and the poor, there is little doubt that they oppose that legislation to protect elections for themselves. And that is so, even though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-worried-about-sad-sad-two-years-after-democrats-lose-the-midterms\/\" title=\"Biden Worried About \u201cSad, Sad Two Years\u201d After ... Lose the Midterms\">public strongly supports<\/a> it.<\/p>\n<p>Because the SAVE Act essentially combines proof of citizenship for voter registration in federal elections with a photo ID requirement for voting in such contests, Republican support is near-unanimous. Independents also show a strong, favorable majority for the legislation, ranging between 80 percent and 85 percent. Even those identifying as Democrats approve of both verification measures by 65 percent to 70 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite such overwhelming public support, including from blacks and Latinos, 213 Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against the SAVE Act, with only one supporting it. This opposition is even more concerning when considering that across a wide range of formats, citizenship verification as a voting requirement is nearly universal worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>With flawed reasoning, progressives reject common sense and what the public favors by claiming that requiring proof of citizenship and a photo ID to register and vote is a draconian expectation. Characterizing those SAVE Act requirements as voter suppression, liberals assert that poorer and rural citizens do not have easy access to the required voting documents.<\/p>\n<p>However, photo ID requirements now permeate everyday life, and as Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said, presenting identification is &ldquo;not a radical idea.&rdquo; A short list of such commonly required proof-of-identity situations includes renting a car, opening a bank account, applying for a credit card, checking into a hotel, cashing checks, seeking unemployment benefits, obtaining or renewing a driver&rsquo;s license, and buying age-restricted products such as alcohol or tobacco.<\/p>\n<p>And liberal complaints that the SAVE Act disproportionately inconveniences poor citizens without easy access to proof of citizenship documents ignore that such verification is required for Medicaid and, in most cases, food stamps. What is more, liberal assertions that needy Americans are helplessly incapable of securing voting documentation are disrespectful to the very people they claim to support.<\/p>\n<p>This is the case because there are many documents proving citizenship, including birth certificates, passports, military IDs, and certain driver&rsquo;s licenses. And for immigrants who become citizens through naturalization, a Certificate of Naturalization also serves as proof of citizenship, as does a Certificate of Citizenship issued to people deriving citizenship through their parents.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line of progressive ballot baloney is that it is too difficult for rural, low-income, and elderly Americans to comply with SAVE Act voting requirements. But if so, then undoubtedly the overwhelming public support for the legislation wouldn&rsquo;t exist.<\/p>\n<p>And besides, a million Americans died in battle to protect our democratic right to vote. How could anyone then seriously claim that it requires too much sacrifice to obtain the proof to do so?<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, as a general rule of human nature, people do what they want to do, and if they don&rsquo;t want to do something, they often invent a reason not to. As such, claims that it&rsquo;s too difficult to obtain documentation to vote in federal elections under the SAVE Act are invented excuses not to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, the real issue for liberal opposition to the legislation is not credential inaccessibility, but rather that eliminating fraudulent voter registrations and mail-in ballots will undermine their electoral fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>And anyone gullibly ignoring that reality by continuing to consume polarizing baloney about voter suppression should also avoid buying any oceanfront property in Arizona.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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The Senate would need to approve the measure, and the piece claims Democratic opposition is part of a broader effort to disenfranchise voters, implying that the bill\u2019s goal is to ensure only U.S. citizens vote in federal elections. The author asserts that, in practice, the SAVE Act would end widespread mail-in voting by tightening registration and voting ID requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Citing MIT researchers, the piece notes that Democrats have historically voted by mail at higher rates than Republicans-about 60% vs. 32% in 2020, and 37% vs. 24% in 2024-arguing that opposition to the act is politically motivated to protect current electoral advantages rather than to safeguard suffrage. Despite broad public support for verification measures across party lines, the article points out that a large majority of Democrats in the House (213 Democrats, with only one support) voted against the SAVE Act, which the author views as troubling given the widespread consensus that citizenship verification is sensible.<\/p>\n<p>The author contends that the idea of voter suppression is overstated and that universal practices around citizenship verification exist worldwide. They argue that many common documents-birth certificates, passports, military IDs, certain driver\u2019s licenses, and naturalization papers-can prove citizenship, and that needing ID to vote is not overly burdensome, citing everyday scenarios where ID is required. The piece claims using such verification would not disproportionately hurt low-income or rural voters, noting that many services (Medicaid, food stamps) already require documentation. The central claim is that liberals oppose the SAVE Act not on the basis of accessibility, but to protect their electoral interests.<\/p>\n<p>The article closes with a Disclaimer that the views are those of the author and not necessarily those of the website, and it invites readers to submit Op-Ed contributions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2583467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-24T140739.161.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76484,3685,6571,15322,73324],"class_list":["post-2583466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ballot-access-2","tag-democrats","tag-elections","tag-op-ed","tag-voting-rights-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-24T140739.161.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583470,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583466\/revisions\/2583470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}