{"id":623,"date":"2026-07-06T05:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=623"},"modified":"2026-07-06T05:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T00:34:59","slug":"the-gops-dirty-little-secret-about-the-save-america-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=623","title":{"rendered":"The GOP\u2019s dirty little secret about the SAVE America Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dc\/c1\/84eb141f464ea5ea9376636e8cd8\/johnson-save-america-act-46684.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-5d6b1cb2=\"\"><!--[--><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">\u201cListen, absentee ballots are not a bad thing historically as long as you put some kind of structure on it,\u201d Rep. <!--[-->Mark Amodei<!--]--> (R-Nevada) said in an interview. \u201cJust have some commonsensical safeguards for when it has to be postmarked by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">The Supreme Court last week struck down <!--[-->Trump<!--]-->\u2019s attempts to regulate mail voting by executive order \u2014 by restricting the counting of ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive afterward.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\"><!--[-->Amodei<!--]--> said he was \u201chappy\u201d to hear of the ruling: \u201cIt says mail-in voting in and of itself is not evil. \u2026 There ought to be some mechanism for you to do that\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">Rep. <!--[-->Julie Fedorchak<!--]--> (R-N.D.) is an outspoken supporter of the SAVE America Act and has introduced <!--[--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/06\/04\/congress\/julie-fedorchak-save-america-act-real-id-00950734\" class=\"text-[var(--color-link-default)]\" data-linkextra=\"false\"><!--[-->a bill that could allow Republicans<!--]--><\/a><!----><!--]--> to incorporate portions of the elections overhaul in a party-line budget reconciliation bill. 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