Stop messing with our voting rights.
The House passed the SAVE Act, which will make it dramatically more difficult for millions of eligible American citizens to register to vote. If the Senate passes it too.
I’m asking my senators to reject this, strongly.
If the SAVE Act becomes law, all Americans will have to provide a birth certificate, a passport, or one of a limited number of documents, such as certain (but not all) military ID cards, every time they register or reregister to vote.
It seems innocuous enough, the idea that you have to prove you’re a citizen, but at least 21 million Americans don’t have that kind of proof readily available.
Only 51 percent of Americans have passports, which cost adults applying for the first time a $165.00 fee, not to mention assembling the documents you need, getting a photograph of yourself, and making it to an appointment.
The bill would end registration by mail and online because it requires voters to show proof of citizenship to election officials “in person” when they register.
That would also make it difficult, if not impossible, to conduct voter registration drives, say, at churches or schools.
States that automatically register voters when they turn 18 would no longer be able to do so.
And if you move or need to reregister for any reason, this applies to you, too. You’d have to bring your passport or original birth certificate in for inspection every time you do that.
If you’re a married woman who changed or hyphenated her name, you can expect problems if your name doesn’t match your birth certificate.
The SAVE Act is a massive attack on voting rights. The GOP quest for a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist is transparent in its intent to squelch voting.
Stop participating in taking rights away from Americans.
Vote NO.
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