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The House will vote today on the SAVE America Act, a Republican bill that could require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate when registering or voting in federal elections. Currently, voters typically bring a form of identification like a driver’s license or ID card.The act also mandates that each state take consistent and affirmative steps to ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered to vote, including establishing a program to identify people who are not citizens. While voter ID is a broadly popular idea, voting rights groups oppose Congress mandating these changes. According to the think tanks Campaign Legal Center and the Brennan Center for Justice, more than 21 million Americans are unable to access the documents that would be required to register to vote under this bill.According to the Brennan Center, roughly half of Americans don’t have access to a passport, and millions also lack access to a paper copy of their birth certificate.The ACLU argues this bill could impact as many as 69 million women who took their spouse’s name and whose birth certificate no longer matches. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump called on Republicans to back the legislation, while also calling American elections “rigged and stolen.”Lisa Murkowski was the first GOP senator to call out the SAVE Act, saying it would negatively impact election integrity.Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau:
The House will vote today on the SAVE America Act, a Republican bill that could require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate when registering or voting in federal elections. Currently, voters typically bring a form of identification like a driver’s license or ID card.
The act also mandates that each state take consistent and affirmative steps to ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered to vote, including establishing a program to identify people who are not citizens.
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While voter ID is a broadly popular idea, voting rights groups oppose Congress mandating these changes. According to the think tanks Campaign Legal Center and the Brennan Center for Justice, more than 21 million Americans are unable to access the documents that would be required to register to vote under this bill.
According to the Brennan Center, roughly half of Americans don’t have access to a passport, and millions also lack access to a paper copy of their birth certificate.
The ACLU argues this bill could impact as many as 69 million women who took their spouse’s name and whose birth certificate no longer matches.
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump called on Republicans to back the legislation, while also calling American elections “rigged and stolen.”
Lisa Murkowski was the first GOP senator to call out the SAVE Act, saying it would negatively impact election integrity.
Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau:
