At a time when countless Americans are struggling to make ends meet under the weight of high housing costs and the affordability crisis, President Trump made his priorities clear: Instead of signing bipartisan legislation that would provide Americans with essential relief, he’s once again attempting to force through his desperate agenda to keep Americans from voting.
These harmful, anti-democracy bills would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters
This week, House Republicans relaunched efforts to advance the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility SAVE Act, with two new iterations on that legislation: the Make Elections Great Again Act (MEGA) and the Save America Act. While under new policy names, these new bills still meet Republican members’ of Congress goal – to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters from participating in upcoming elections.
These harmful, anti-democracy bills would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters
This week, House Republicans relaunched efforts to advance the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility SAVE Act, with two new iterations on that legislation: the Make Elections Great Again Act (MEGA) and the Save America Act. While under new policy names, these new bills still meet Republican members’ of Congress goal – to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters from participating in upcoming elections.
Despite numerous calls to Congress and floods of concerns from constituents at town hall events, today the House of Representatives passed the extremely unpopular and highly controversial bill, the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility” (SAVE) Act (H.R.22/S.128).
Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the SAVE Act (H.R.22), a bill that has sparked widespread opposition from constituents, voting rights advocates, state election officials and members of Congress. If passed, the SAVE Act would require every single American citizen to present documentation to prove their citizenship when registering to vote or updating their voter registration, chiefly by either presenting a passport or a birth certificate in person. Experts warn that millions of Americans do not have these specific documents readily available, and would especially impact married women whose last names no longer match their birth certificate, rural and military voters, young voters, and communities of color.
On Wednesday, March 5th, U.S. Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL) introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This bill would help realize the promise of American democracy by restoring, updating, and strengthening the protections of the Voting Rights Act for the 21st century.
