The SAVE America Act, a bill that would impose identification requirements for voter registration, was defeated by the Senate this week due to a lack of Republican votes in the Senate. The bill's prominence also owes a significant debt to billionaire Elon Musk, who devoted much of his attention to the bill on social media. Musk's influence over Twitter, fame, power base, and funding provided him with a unique influence over the national conversation. He also embraced anti-anti-wokeness, giving him credibility on the grassroots right that most rich Republicans do not enjoy. However, Musk's involvement in politics was seen as an ineffective tool for pushing conservative ideas, including the idea that discretionary spending could be reduced without public minding, leading to a failure in the larger budgetary picture. The author argues that while voter ID requirements may not have dramatic vote-suppressing effects, they do not have the election-protecting effects promised by their conservative champions, they are not particularly effective in reducing voter fraud.