ACTION ALERT: SAVE ACT 2.0
In America, voters choose our leaders. But the Trump administration wants to keep people from voting in order to control who wins elections.
Next week House Republicans will launch a set of voter suppression bills — the so-called SAVE Act, now rebranded as the Make Elections Great Again Act (MEGA) and the Save America Act. These bills have different names but the same goal: Disenfranchise millions of eligible voters from participating in upcoming elections.
One of these bills, the SAVE America Act (HR 7296), has been fast-tracked for a vote early next week. House Republicans are trying to rush this through before we can react. But we know what they’re doing – and we need to act now to stop them!
- BACKGROUND: The SAVE Act would require all eligible Americans to provide proof of citizenship by presenting a passport or birth certificate when registering to vote. This is in addition to state voter ID laws already in place.
- Why this is an issue:
- More than half of American citizens do not have a passport. Elderly Americans are least likely to have a passport.
- Many other Americans do not have readily available access to their birth certificates, including millions of women who do not have birth certificates with their current legal name.
- The SAVE Act would upend online voter registration (a practice in 42 states), make it impossible for Americans to register to vote by mail, and stop voter registration drives nationwide.
- Married Women: Surveys also show that 8 in 10 married women have changed their surname, meaning they do not possess a birth certificate that matches their current legal name. They would face additional hurdles to voting compared to their spouses.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Contact your U.S. House members on Monday, February 9, and ask them to vote NO on H. R. 7296, the SAVE America Act.
The Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121; a list of representatives appears here: https://www.house.gov/representatives . You can also go to their websites and send a message, or call their in-state office phone number and leave your message.
SAVE 2.0 could disenfranchise 21 million eligible voters. Let Congress know they won’t take away our access to the polls—not on our watch!
