1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I am writing to urge you to oppose the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship documentation to register to vote in federal elections. While its proponents frame this legislation as a safeguard against noncitizen voting — a problem that numerous studies and election officials across the country have repeatedly confirmed is vanishingly rare — the law’s real-world impact would be to disenfranchise millions of eligible American citizens. An estimated 21 million Americans lack readily accessible proof-of-citizenship documents such as passports or birth certificates, and the burden of obtaining them falls disproportionately on low-income voters, elderly citizens, people of color, and rural communities. This is not election integrity; it is voter suppression dressed in patriotic language. Our democracy’s health is measured not by how many voters we exclude, but by how faithfully we ensure every eligible citizen’s voice is heard. I urge you to stand firmly against this legislation and to champion voting access as the cornerstone of a functioning democracy that truly represents all of its people.