1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

I’m writing to urge you to strongly oppose the so-called “SAVE Act.” While it’s framed as a way to protect elections, in reality, it’s a dangerous step toward voter suppression—disenfranchising countless eligible Americans in the name of a manufactured problem. Requiring proof of citizenship to vote might sound reasonable on the surface, but the execution of this bill is anything but. It punishes everyday people who have done nothing wrong—especially: • Married individuals (mostly women) who changed their last names • Trans people whose identities may not match outdated documents • People who simply changed their names for personal reasons • Americans who can’t afford a passport or don’t have easy access to their birth certificate This bill disproportionately targets vulnerable communities, and for what? To stop a problem that barely exists. Non-citizen voting is extremely rare—so rare, in fact, that the energy being spent “fixing” it feels more like a political scare tactic than sound policy. The SAVE Act doesn’t protect democracy—it undermines it by placing bureaucratic barriers between eligible citizens and the ballot box. And let’s be honest: if someone’s been voting legally for decades, but now suddenly can’t because their name doesn’t match a document from 30 years ago, that’s not “election integrity”—that’s systemic disenfranchisement. Voting is a right—not a privilege reserved for those who have perfect paperwork and the means to prove it. Please, stand on the right side of democracy and vote NO on the SAVE Act.