Republicans DON'T Win Without Cheating!
The SAVE Act is an attempt at mass voter suppression disguised as an election integrity bill. It would require every voter to show proof of CITIZENSHIP bearing their current name when registering to vote. This might not seem like a big deal, until you spend two seconds thinking about the ramifications.
It would instantly end online and mail-in voter registration.
Proof of citizenship doesn’t mean a simple driver’s license. It means a birth certificate or a passport – documents that tens of millions of citizens simply don’t have access to.
Married people who’ve changed their names wouldn’t be able to register using their original birth certificates – effectively disenfranchising millions of women.
The burdensome requirements would disproportionately impact younger voters (how many college students have their birth certificate stashed in their dorm rooms?), voters of color, low-income voters, and elder voters.
So, what’s the justification for unleashing all that chaos? Republicans would tell you this bill is desperately needed to stop non-citizens from voting in national elections -- a nonexistent problem invented by Donald Trump to prop up his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. It’s something that pretty much never happens, is already illegal, and that states have plenty of safeguards in place to prevent it already. So, to repeat: This is not an election integrity bill. It’s a voter suppression bill.
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