American journalist Ishaan Tharoor on Tuesday pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s use of India’s voter identification system as an example for the US, saying that while it is easy to get a voter ID in India, what the MAGA movement actually cares about is how the government managed to remove millions of people from electoral rolls.
Trump also stressed the need for America to pass the Save America Act. We need to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, now! President DONALD J. TRUMP,” he wrote on Truth Social. Trump’s post comes one week after CEC Gyanesh Kumar met US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, where the two agreed to work closely together to deepen collaboration on election management and the training of election staff. Trump is absolutely correct! Congress should pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT! The Save America Act will require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote as well as a photo ID when voting. However, the issue of voter ID requirement laws has long been contentious in the United States. Supporters argued that such laws will effectively ensure election integrity especially after heated political debate around the legitimacy of recent elections.
India’s last Election had 646,000,000 Voters! Less than 1% voted by mail, and every single Voter had to have a VALID Photo Identity Document. 646 MILLION voters, every single one required an ID in India’s last election.
Tharoor was responding to a Truth Social post by the US President, in which Trump shared details of a conversation his administration had with chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who, according to Trump, asked how the US could have elections without requiring voter ID cards. In his post, Trump mentioned that India’s last election had 646 million voters and that less than 1% voted by mail, adding that every single voter had to have a “VALID Photo Identity Document”.
“Earlier this month, India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration — How can you have Elections in the U.S. without a valid Photo ID? Gor, in a post on X, wrote on Tuesday, “President Donald J.
