1. United States
2. Iowa
3. Letter

I am writing as your constituent to urge you to firmly oppose the SAVE Act and any legislation that interferes with vote by mail or creates unnecessary barriers to voting for American citizens. The SAVE Act is built on a false premise — that mass voter fraud is a widespread and urgent crisis demanding dramatic legislative remedy. The data tells a very different story. Even the Heritage Foundation, one of the nation’s most prominent conservative think tanks, publishes an Election Fraud Database that, by their own admission, represents only a “sampling” of cases and is “not comprehensive.” After decades of collecting cases from across the entire country, their database contains approximately 1,500 entries — a molecular fraction of the billions of votes cast in that same period. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law independently concluded that this database actually confirms voter fraud is vanishingly rare. I trust that you understand the law of diminishing returns. When documented voter fraud amounts to a fraction of a fraction of one percent of all votes cast, legislation that creates significant new barriers for every American citizen to exercise their constitutional right to vote is not a solution — it is a problem. The costs in taxpayer dollars, administrative burden, and disenfranchised eligible voters will vastly outweigh any conceivable benefit. Vote by mail has decades of proven success under both Republican and Democratic leadership. It serves military families, seniors, people with disabilities, and working Americans who cannot easily reach a polling place on a single Tuesday. Restricting it does not protect elections — it damages them by suppressing participation among legitimate voters. I urge you to reject the SAVE Act and protect every eligible American’s right to vote — freely, fairly, and without unnecessary interference. I am watching this issue closely and will remember how you vote.