let's stop pretending the SAVE America Act is about election security because it is not. This bill is about power and silencing Americans. Republicans don't want voting. Thousands of Americans are protesting, demonstrating against the policies of this administration. Republicans know that they will lose the midterms. The President asked them to cancel the election, and guess what, Mr. Speaker, this bill is the next best thing to that. This is a show-your-papers mandate to disqualify Americans who oppose their evil agenda. Americans would have to appear in person and present a passport or birth certificate just to register, and again, every single time they update their registration, every time they move, if they get married, if they get divorced, blah, blah, blah. Here is whom it will hurt: the more than 140 million Americans who don't have a passport, including Republicans, by the way. As many as 69 million women who follow the traditional practice of changing their name after marriage do not have a birth certificate that matches their legal name. Republicans know this and want to use that misinformation to block them from voting. This bill would eliminate the voter registration methods that over 90 percent of Americans rely on, including online, mail-in, and DMV registration. In rural areas, Americans would be forced to drive 7 or 8 hours round trip just to show documents, and they would have to do it every single time they move.
Norma Torres: “let's stop pretending the SAVE America Act is about election security because it is not. This bill is about power and…”
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Opposing the SAVE America Act and its implications for voter registration and access.
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