Teresa Leger Fernandez: “Republicans are rigging the system to silence your vote and silence your power. If you are a woman, a rural voter, an…”

“Republicans are rigging the system to silence your vote and silence your power. If you are a woman, a rural voter, an Active-Duty military member, or a Tribal member, the SAVE Act will cost you more time, more money, and maybe your right to vote, period. Under the SAVE Act, if your birth certificate does not match your voter registration, you will have to pay to get a passport or jump through even more hoops to register to vote. All of you married women out there, that is you. The SAVE Act also requires you to show up in person to present your documents. Military members overseas can't do that, and rural voters may have to drive 2 hours if you are in Representative Ciscomani's district and maybe more in Republican rural districts. That is a lot of gas money and lots of work that you have lost. Republicans rejected my amendment to fix those two problems, but they don't like an easy fix. No, everything under Trump and Republicans is getting more expensive, even the right to vote. This rule also blocks the House from voting on Representative Luna's bipartisan discharge petition signed by a majority of the House, including Republicans, to allow new parents to vote by proxy. Speaker Johnson voted by proxy 39 times, and he didn't have a newborn. Earlier this year, they let a Republican go on a Hollywood comedy show and vote by proxy, but they won't let a pregnant colleague who cannot safely travel vote by proxy. Republicans are undermining family values yet again.…”