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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is asking attendees at a Saturday campaign event to show government-issued photo ID — even while opposing similar standards for voters in federal elections.
Email confirmation information for an Ossoff rally in Atlanta detailed that “a matching government-issued ID will be verified against the RSVP list by name to enter.”
Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., who is running against Ossoff for a Senate seat in 2026, blasted what he called a double-standard.
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Senator Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
“Typical Jon Ossoff to say one thing and do another. It’s ridiculous that Jon Ossoff would require a government ID to listen to him speak about why you shouldn’t need a government ID to vote,” Collins said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Ossoff’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
In the wake of election security concerns highlighted by President Donald Trump in previous years, Republicans across Congress have made demands for tighter voter registration standards.
Most recently, lawmakers led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., have called for the passage of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
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Representative Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., a Republican from Florida, speaks to members of the media outside a House Republican Conference on Sept. 3, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In its current form, the SAVE Act would embed proof of citizenship requirements into existing voter-registration pathways and require states to conduct stricter audits of their voter rolls. The bill also defines documentary proof of U.S. citizenship and links it to some form of photo ID.
It is currently illegal for noncitizens to participate in federal elections, although…
