New guest con­trib­u­tor Crystal Brantly begins a series exam­in­ing the SAVE Act by explain­ing what the leg­is­la­tion is not. While the bill is often described as a basic vot­er ID require­ment, Brantly notes that many states already require pho­to iden­ti­fi­ca­tion; oth­ers use alter­nate ver­i­fi­ca­tion meth­ods, and fed­er­al law already bars nonci­t­i­zens from vot­ing in fed­er­al elec­tions. She also points to research show­ing nonci­t­i­zen vot­ing is exceed­ing­ly rare, while proof-of-cit­i­zen­ship require­ments can…