1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

The SAVE Act is a dangerous attack on our vote. It creates significant new and unnecessary barriers to voting that could restrict millions of eligible voters from making their voices heard and result in purges that remove eligible voters from the rolls. More than 20 million eligible voters do not have the necessary documentation this bill would require for voter registration. Instead of undermining the freedom to vote, Congress should be expanding access to voting. Proving citizenship may sound easy, but the reality is more than 140 million Americans do not have a passport; up to 69 million women and four million men who changed their names after getting married do not have a birth certificate matching their current legal names; and seniors, low-income families, young voters, and climate disaster survivors are less likely to have citizenship documents. This bill could shut them all out of our democracy. Federal law already requires that only eligible citizens vote in federal elections, and non-citizen voting is extremely rare. The SAVE Act would create unnecessary hurdles, push voters off the rolls, and burden election officials at a time when resources are already stretched thin. Please protect our right to vote and vote no on this dangerous bill.