Every single Democrat in the United States Senate voted against a bill requiring voters to show an ID.
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Badlands MediaAug 11, 2026
Senate records and reporting show Democrats voted as a bloc against the Husted photo ID bill (52-46, party-line) and against the broader SAVE America Act, so the central assertion holds.
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… it is instead of that, you'd have, like, five 2,000-page bills, because they just love to waste time and do meaningless stuff that nobody is wanting them to do in the absence of doing the things that we actually want them to do, and continuing to obstruct. Every single Democrat voted against showing an ID, even though 83% of the American people and 71% of all Democrats think you ought to have to show that ID. But we're committed to still doing this. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. PolitiFact reports the Senate voted 52-46 along party lines against Sen. Husted's photo ID bill, which failed to reach the 60 votes needed.[1]
Supports. The Senate press release says Senate Democrats blocked the Husted photo ID bill from reaching the 60-vote threshold.[2]
Supports. Sen. Thune and Sen. Barrasso both stated that every Senate Democrat voted against the photo ID proposal, and the Govexec report says the bill was opposed by all Democrats voting.[3][4][6]
Context. A June 2026 roll call on a Lee amendment requiring photo ID shows all Democrats voting present were Nay, but Sen. Bennet was Not Voting, so not every Democrat cast a vote on that measure.[5]
Context. The claim's sweeping wording is a minor overstatement given absences, but the core claim that Democrats unanimously opposed the voter ID bill is consistently documented.[1][2][5]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Senate rejects Republican bill requiring a photo ID to votepolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Senate votes on Husted photo ID billhusted.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 3[I]t turns out that when Democrats say they support voter ID ...thune.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Barrasso: Republicans Support Photo ID. Every Senate ...barrasso.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Roll Call Vote 119 th Congress - 2 nd Sessionsenate.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6Senate clears spending measure, leaves other major bills unfinishedgovexec.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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