Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Trump, Gor praise India's voter ID system to push SAVE America Act

US President Donald Trump on Monday shared key update on his administrations's conversation with India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The CEC, Trump said, recently asked the US administration how elections in America can be held without a valid photo identification card, highlighting the need for mandatory photo IDs for every US voter to curb electoral fraud.

Trump, in a post on Truth Social, further said less than one per cent of voters in India used postal ballots in the recent general elections, and every voter had a valid photo identity document.

Also read: Trump dwarfs his predecessors in the number of ultra-rich in his second White House, report shows

The US president made these remarks to rev up support for the SAVE America Act which would require Americans to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, impose a nationwide voter identification requirement and severely limit voting by mail.

"Earlier this month, India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration - How can you have Elections in the US without a valid Photo ID," Trump wrote. "India's last Election had 646,000,000 Voters! Less than one per cent voted by mail, and every single Voter had to have a VALID Photo Identity Document."

"We need to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, now," he asserted.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.