Center for American Progress

Tell Congress To Protect Your Vote and Block the SAVE Act

Voting is a fundamental right for all American citizens, but many politicians want to silence us by implementing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. 

This act would force every single American citizen to prove their citizenship status in person when registering to vote or updating their voter registration information. For the vast majority of Americans, this would mean presenting a passport or birth certificate at their local election office. 

This SAVE Act threatens to disenfranchise millions of U.S. citizens: 146 million Americans do not have a passport, and 69 million women who have married do not have a birth certificate that matches their new legal name. Working-class and low-income Americans would also be disproportionately disenfranchised if the bill became law, as the vast majority of these groups do not possess a passport. 

The only Americans who stand to benefit from the SAVE Act are out-of-touch politicians who are willing to trade Americans’ right to vote for political points with the media and the administration. These politicians are trying to use claims of election integrity to trick us into making it harder for millions of eligible American citizens to cast their vote. 

Tell Congress to protect your rights by voting no on the SAVE Act.