1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

Oppose the SAVE Act and Restrictive Voter ID Requirements I am writing to urge you to oppose the SAVE Act and any measures that impose restrictive voter identification requirements. While proponents frame these measures as common-sense election security, the evidence shows they are designed to suppress legitimate votes rather than address any actual problem. Voter fraud is not a serious problem in the United States, despite repeated claims to the contrary. Poll workers with decades of experience report never witnessing fraud because our existing registration and verification systems already make it extremely difficult to cheat. The SAVE Act moves ID requirements back to the registration stage and limits which forms of identification are acceptable, creating barriers that will prevent eligible Americans from exercising their constitutional right to vote. The groups most affected by restrictive ID laws include older Americans who may lack current documentation, students, Native Americans living on reservations where addresses don't conform to standard formats, people who cannot afford the cost of obtaining limited acceptable forms of ID, married women whose names have changed, and Black voters. These are not hypothetical concerns. Real constituents face real obstacles when states limit acceptable identification types. Republicans are pushing these restrictions on three fronts: executive orders that courts have already ruled unconstitutional, the SAVE Act in Congress, and state-level measures. The intensity of this effort suggests they plan to continue this campaign through 2028 even if they cannot implement changes for the current cycle. I ask that you publicly oppose the SAVE Act, vote against any restrictive voter ID legislation, and work to protect access to voting for all eligible citizens. Our democracy depends on making it easier, not harder, for Americans to participate in elections. When constituents ask what's wrong with showing ID to vote, the answer is simple: nothing is wrong with reasonable verification, but everything is wrong with deliberately limiting which IDs count in order to suppress votes.