John, can you take 5 minutes to stop this attack on voters?
Right now, anti-voter groups are pushing to add new bureaucratic hoops to the National Voter Registration Form, requiring documents that millions of Americans don’t have in order to register.
It’s the same unnecessary hurdle as the controversial SAVE Act – but vote-suppressing politicians, worried they won’t get their way in the Senate, are trying to suppress voters through this process instead. We won’t let them get away with it.
Take Action: Submit your public comment before tonight’s deadline opposing this attack on voting rights before midnight tonight.
Follow these easy steps to submit your comment:
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Visit this page: Submit your comment
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Type your comment (you can use the sample below or write your own about how this would impact your community)
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Select “Individual” for Identity
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Here's a sample comment you can copy and paste:
“I strongly oppose requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. This unnecessary red tape would block millions of eligible Americans—especially seniors, people who changed their names when they got married, students, and low-income voters—from participating in our democracy. The current form already requires citizenship attestation under penalty of perjury. This proposal is voter suppression, plain and simple.”
The EAC is accepting public comments now—but the deadline is today, and we expect a flood of support from anti-voter groups. Submit your public comment ASAP >>
Here’s the truth, John:
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Federal law already requires voters to attest under penalty of perjury that they are U.S. citizens.
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More than 140 million Americans don’t have a passport, which would likely be the new standard for registration.
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And over 21 million Americans lack ready access to citizenship documents—a burden that falls hardest on low-income communities, seniors, and voters of color.
This change won’t make our elections more secure. It will only create red tape and block eligible voters from registering, reversing decades of bipartisan progress in expanding access to the ballot.
Let’s be clear: This is a poll tax by another name.
John, we need your voice in the official record. Will you stand up for the freedom to vote and speak out against this dangerous proposal?
Thank you for taking action to defend our democracy,
The team at Common Cause
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