I would like to suggest that I go through this again about what is actually in this amendment because it was just misrepresented. This isn't the SAVE America Act. This is, frankly, me listening to the minority leader, what he said, and how he supports--he doesn't object to photo ID. So all that is in this amendment is five forms of photo ID that people can list to vote, which people have. I ask the American people: Do you have a driver's license? Do you have a State ID? Do you have a passport? Do you have a military or veterans ID? Do you have a Tribal ID? Because every American has one of those things or has access to it. In Ohio, we will pay for you to have a free State ID. That is all this asks. Show one of those five forms of identification. And then the misrepresentation about what this does on mail-in ballots, clearly some people don't know how it works. I can explain to you how it works. When you have a mail-in ballot process, you have the ballot. You have the mail-in envelope. You have two envelopes. You have the mail-in envelope. Then you have a security envelope inside, in which your ballot is contained. You put the information, whether that is a photo of your passport or the last four digits of your Social Security, on the outside of that envelope where no one can see your ballot. It validates that the ballot inside is legit, that it is from a qualified registered voter.
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Addressing the contents and implications of an amendment related to voter identification and mail-in ballots.
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