Friend,
House Republicans are preparing to vote next week on one of the most aggressive voter suppression bills we have seen in years. H.R. 7296, the so-called SAVE America Act, is being fast tracked to the House floor as part of a renewed push to restrict the right to vote ahead of a crucial midterm election year.
This bill is SAVE Act 2.0. It is the same failed, deeply unpopular scheme Republicans tried to ram through last year until public outrage forced them to pull it back. Now they are trying again, hoping to move quickly before people fully grasp what is at stake.
Add your name now to tell Congress to reject the SAVE Act in all its forms. >>
If passed, the SAVE Act would require most Americans to show documents like a passport or birth certificate just to register to vote or update their registration. More than 21 million Americans do not have ready access to those documents. Nearly half of Americans do not have a passport at all. Millions of women whose married names do not match their birth certificates would face new hurdles just to make their voices heard. Younger voters, voters of color, rural voters, people with disabilities, and low-income Americans would be hit first and hardest.
Republicans know exactly what they are doing. They are pushing a policy that would block millions of eligible citizens from voting because they are afraid of an electorate that can hold them accountable. That is why they are rushing this bill forward now, before a high turnout midterm election year.
Tell your members of Congress to vote no on the SAVE Act and defend the freedom to vote. >>
The SAVE Act would also inject chaos into our elections. It would dismantle online voter registration, mail registration, and community-based registration drives that millions rely on. It would saddle state and local election officials with massive new unfunded mandates and expose them to civil and criminal penalties for honest mistakes. It would invite reckless voter purges and confusion that would inevitably keep eligible American citizens from voting.
And all of this would be done to “solve” a problem that does not exist. Noncitizen voting is already illegal and vanishingly rare, a fact confirmed again and again by state investigations, including in Republican led states. The SAVE Act is not about protecting elections. It is about suppressing participation.
We have stopped this before. When Republicans tried to force the SAVE Act through last year, people across the country spoke out and stopped them. That same pressure is needed again right now.
Sign the petition today to demand that Congress reject the SAVE Act and protect our democracy. >>
This vote is coming fast. The window to act is now. Congress must vote no on the SAVE Act.
Thank you for your advocacy.
Zach VanHouten
People For the American Way
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