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Olive Garden becomes unlikely face of voter ID fight after restaurant’s policy goes viral
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass requires passholders to show a valid photo ID matching the name on the pass, a policy conservatives have praised as stricter than voting ID requirements in some Democrat-led states.
- Conservatives and Republican officials have used Olive Garden's ID policy to criticize current election laws, arguing that election security is weaker than the restaurant's pasta pass security.
- The SAVE America Act, supported by Republicans including former President Donald Trump, seeks to implement stricter voter ID and citizenship verification measures to secure elections.
- Trump and GOP leaders are urging Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, linking election security to broader political efforts ahead of the midterm elections.
- Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., currently do not require most voters to present ID when voting in person, fueling debates over election integrity and voter ID laws.
