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Olive Garden requires photo ID for Never-Ending Pasta Pass

foodJul 21, 20261029,194

Olive Garden requires Never-Ending Pasta Pass holders to present a valid photo ID that matches the name printed on the personalized, non-transferable pass when ordering. The company posted that the pass is only for the passholder whose name is printed on it and that passholders must present photo identification along with the pass. The policy prompted conservative commentators to praise the chain and compare its check to voter ID laws, with Robby Starbuck, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, Utah Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Eli Crane, the RNC Election Integrity account, and other conservative figures making the comparison. A White House spokesperson, Abigail Jackson, told Fox News Digital that Olive Garden ‘‘takes their Pasta Pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security.’’ The Fox News report noted that 14 states and Washington, D.C., do not require most in-person voters to present identification. The debate folded into broader Republican calls to pass the SAVE America Act, which would impose federal voter ID and citizenship verification requirements, and President Donald Trump urged supporters to pressure Congress to pass that bill.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Scalise: "Anybody that gets on an airplane has to show a picture ID to vote. Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you gotta show a picture ID. This isn't complicated stuff."

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The Rude Pundit
@rudepundit.bsky.social

If you pay $100, Olive Garden gives you a pass with your name on it to let you have endless pasta for 13 weeks. They ask for ID so you don't let everyone use the pass. When you vote, no one else can vote as you. It's a stupid analogy, and now they're making it sound like you're carded for penne.

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