{"id":222984,"date":"2026-03-17T01:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/222984\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T01:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:28:30","slug":"breaking-down-viewpoints-on-voter-i-d-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/222984\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking down viewpoints on voter I.D. legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Recent proposed legislation is aiming at changing the way Americans vote.<\/p>\n<p>The SAVE Act, or Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, would require voters to show proof of U.S. Citizenship when voting in federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the legislation say it would ensure that only U.S. citizens vote in elections, while critics warn it could make it harder for eligible Americans to participate in elections.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is already sparking debate over voter I.D. laws, birth certificates and how states handle elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ally Triolo, Election Integrity Communications Director for the Republican National Convention, joined ARC Bakersfield to share more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Recent proposed legislation is aiming at changing the way Americans vote. The SAVE Act,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-222984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}