Team,

There is a full-blown voting rights emergency happening in our country right now.

The SAVE Act — passed by the House and now being considered in the Senate — would throw up major obstacles to voting by enacting strict new voter identification requirements. Millions of young people, people of color, and married women could end up disenfranchised.

Republicans are pushing similar measures in state legislatures nationwide. Make no mistake — they are working every day to make it harder for people to vote. If you want to fight back right now, chip in to fuel our efforts to defeat their attacks on voting rights and work to strengthen our democracy through fair representation.

We’ve seen this exact sort of thing play out before, and the results are undeniable: strict citizenship requirements make it harder for eligible voters to vote.

1. In Kansas, the state legislature passed a proof-of-citizenship law in 2011, which ended up blocking the voter registrations of more than 31,000 U.S. citizens who were otherwise eligible to vote — including 12% of all people seeking to register in Kansas for the first time. The law was ultimately struck down by federal courts.


2. In New Hampshire, a new Republican-backed voting law ended the opportunity for voters to sign an affidavit at the polling place if they didn’t have sufficient identification. Now, all new voters must bring proof of citizenship — including a birth certificate, passport or naturalization papers — to the polling place. During last year’s election, voters were sent home to track down passports and birth certificates — including women whose last names had changed due to marriage or divorce.


3. In Arizona, proof of U.S. citizenship — such as a birth certificate, passport, or other approved document — is required when first registering to vote. But this rule only applies to state elections, so there is a large group of “federal-only” voters who haven’t met the state’s registration requirements but can still vote in national elections. Analysis of this segment of voters shows that those who are unable to participate in state elections tend to be younger, nonwhite, and in lower-income neighborhoods. They are also concentrated near college campuses and on tribal lands.

This is what’s coming if we allow Republicans to continue to push stricter voting requirements through Congress and state legislatures. Along with extreme gerrymandering, it’s all part of a larger playbook of undermining fair representation to create an artificial political advantage — and together, we’re going to stop it.

If you’re ready to keep fighting to defend our democracy, chip in right now and help power our work in these states and across the country >>

Stay tuned — we’ll keep you updated on the latest. 

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