Fetterman Won’t Back SAVE Act Over Mail-In Vote Restrictions

Fetterman said he supports basic photo ID to vote but called the Act’s mail-in voting provisions a non-starter, sealing unified Democratic opposition.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) speaks to press on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 3, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he will not vote for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act in its current form.

He sided with his party on final passage while again pushing back on other Democrats’ rhetoric that the bill is a modern form of racial voter suppression. Fetterman frequently bucks his party, including most recently on Department of Homeland Security funding.