1. United States
2. Ariz.
3. Letter

I am writing to urge you to reject the SAVE Act of 2025, the SAVE America Act in the Senate, and the Make Elections Great Again Act in the House. These bills would impose unprecedented restrictions on voter registration by requiring Americans to present passports, birth certificates, or other citizenship papers to register to vote in federal elections. These requirements would create significant barriers for tens of millions of Americans who may not have immediate access to such documentation. Many citizens, particularly elderly voters, those born in rural areas, and people who have experienced displacement, face substantial challenges obtaining these documents. The timing is particularly concerning as these restrictions could affect the 2026 midterm elections. I am deeply troubled by the broader context in which these bills are being advanced. Attorney General Pam Bondi recently sent a letter to Minnesota Governor Walz, just hours after Alex Pretti was killed, suggesting that decisions about ICE deployment could depend on states turning over voter rolls and cooperating with federal demands. This represents an alarming attempt to pressure states into surrendering sensitive voter data and raises serious questions about the true intent behind these legislative efforts. The pattern is clear: create barriers to voting, generate administrative chaos, then claim authority to determine who can participate in our democracy. This approach undermines the fundamental principle that eligible citizens should face minimal obstacles when exercising their constitutional right to vote. Federal elections already have robust safeguards against non-citizen voting, which remains exceedingly rare. These bills solve no actual problem while creating massive new burdens on election administrators and voters alike. I urge you to publicly oppose these bills and work to ensure they do not advance. Our democracy depends on expanding access to the ballot box, not restricting it through unnecessary documentation requirements that will inevitably disenfranchise eligible American citizens.