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On the recordMarch 19, 2026
I rise to speak out against President Trump's un-American efforts to keep millions of eligible voters from the ballot box. The President is more focused on preventing Americans from voting than in lowering prices for working families who are suffering right now because of his economy and because of Trump's tariffs. Make no mistake, the SAVE America Act is not about preventing voter fraud. It is a voter suppression bill designed to silence American voters. This legislation would virtually eliminate voter registration methods that 90 percent of Americans rely on. That includes mail-in registration, online registration, voter registration drives, and automatic registration at the DMV. It would also require citizens to present documents like a passport or a birth certificate in person while registering to vote--and not just when they register for the first time. Every time someone moves or if a woman changes her name when she gets married or if a person wants to update their political party affiliation, they have to go back to the election office in person to reregister with those specific documents. Up to half of all active registered voters--that is 100 million Americans--register or reregister to vote every Federal election cycle.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Addressing concerns about the SAVE America Act and its impact on voter registration.

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