#SAVE Act

[blogquantumreality]

This act of deliberate voter disenfranchisement to secure a permanent Republican majority is a plot point in at least one book I know of.

[greatrunner]

There's a woman on a radio show (the Carl Nelson show) talking about the SAVE Act and other legislation that the US govt is currently pushing to disenfranchise marginalized voters. She is stressed to say the least.

So, just as a reminder: The SAVE act, H.R 22, is a Republican footed bill that intends to disenfranchise voters whose names do not match the names on their birth certificates, passport, or ID.

Expect Democrats and progressives will also vote in favor of this bill. It's up for consideration, so the best thing you as a person can do is disseminate information about the bill's intentions, "call your representatives", check for dedicated numbers or petitions about this act and see if you can throw a wrench in the works.

Also, keep an eye on the SCREEN IT ACT - Another attempt to censor information online via a age verification system ah-la KOSA. This is also a Republican footed bill, but again, expect Democrats and progressives to vote in favor of this as well.

If your rights and freedom of movement is constantly under threat and used as a tool for negotiating, your are neither free or living in a just world.

[iwriteaboutfeminism]

These 4 Democrats voted for the SAVE Act, which will make it harder for 10s of millions of people to vote.

Please call your Senators today to make sure they vote NO, and we stop this bill before it becomes law.

[whenweallvote]

LISTEN UP 🚨📣 The U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering a dangerous attack on our right to vote: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. 

Let’s be clear: this bill will not “save” anything. The SAVE Act is designed to restrict our voices and take away our power by intimidating, suppressing, and disenfranchising millions of voters. 

Instead of undermining the freedom to vote, we should be expanding access to voting. ✊🏾🗳️

This is where YOU come in. With Congress expected to vote on the SAVE Act soon, call or email your representatives right now and tell them to vote “NO” on this dangerous bill. Visit WeAll.Vote/fight to take action.

[saywhat-politics]

[gwydionmisha]

I am legitimate worried I am about to lose my right to vote.

This bill is intended to deny married women and trans people the vote as they are most likely to have name changes as well as poor people who can't afford travel and extra documents.

I beg of you to contact your Senators as four Quisling Democrats voted for this in the House, knowing that Republican claims of wide spread voter fraud are a lie and that all this is going to do is steal the right to vote from American citizens.

If you can't safely contact your Senators in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:

Five Calls to your critters: https://5calls.org/

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

[toxicanonymity]

The SAVE Act has passed the house 😓 Don't let the Senate bring it to a vote.

SAVE Act - short list of voter suppression implications. Take quick action: 5calls | resistbot

With a 53-47 majority, Senate Republicans would need Democratic support to overcome the 60-vote threshold to advance the bill to a final vote and ultimately send it to Trump to sign into law.

Ending debate and bringing a bill to a vote is called "cloture." This takes 60 votes in the Senate. Once the bill is brought to a vote, it only takes a simple majority to pass, which Republicans have. So refusing to bring the bill to a vote is our best shot.

If you live in the U.S, your state has two senators. Tell your senators to vote NO on cloture and NO on the SAVE Act. Even if they plan to vote no on the bill itself, a vote for cloture throws us under the bus and lets the SAVE Act pass.

I'm on my knees... I'm turning tricks with fics... I'm holding your hand. We're all spotting you. You got this. 🏋️‍♂️

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

This is really bad!

[rejectingrepublicans]

And we just lost all future elections.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

We tried to tell you...

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Dean Obeidallah at The Dean's Report:

On August 20, a little before dawn, 87 year-old Lidia Martinez was abruptly jarred awake by an unexpected knock on her door. The longtime activist who for over 35 years has worked to expand voter registration among seniors and veterans in south Texas, cautiously peered out the door. Standing on her doorstep were nine police officers dressed in tactical gear and carrying firearms. After showing her a search warrant, Martinez’s home was searched as she was forced to stand outside in her nightgown in her driveway in full view of her neighbors. Martinez was later questioned for three hours after which the police seized her phone, computer, personal calendar and more.

[...]

These bad faith searches orchestrated by Paxton were predicated on the claim that the people being investigated were registering non-citizens to vote—despite zero evidence presented of wrongdoing. Very alarmingly, if Donald Trump and House GOP have their way, these types of raids would be happening nationwide with federal law enforcement under a GOP President.  That is why GOP House Speaker Johnson is now demanding the proposed SAVE Act be included in any deal to provide funding to keep the government open.

To be clear, federal and state law already makes it a crime for non-citizens to vote. But this new federal legislation would establish criminal penalties for registering an applicant to vote in a federal election who fails to present documentation proving U.S. citizenship.  That means that what we are seeing in Texas is coming attractions of what the GOP wants to do nationally.

Keep in mind despite Texas AG Paxton’s two year investigation, no charges  have been filed against any of the people whose homes were searched.  Indeed, there may never be charges because even Paxton’s basis for the search is BS. In his press release announcing the investigation, the Texas AG presents no evidence of wrongdoing. Instead, Paxton makes baseless claims like these organizations have set up voter registration booths outside state agencies where people could register inside. Paxton’s press release literally includes this question with no answer: “Why would they need a second opportunity to register with a booth outside?” But nowhere in his press release does he even allege any criminal conduct—only questions.

And Paxton—a close ally of convicted felon Trump—showed his bad faith earlier in August on a radio show when he peddled lies about non-citizens voting. Paxton declared, “There’s a reason Joe Biden brought people here illegally. I’m convinced that that’s how they’re going to do it this time, they’re going to use the illegal vote. Why were they brought in, why did he bring in 14 million people?” adding, “He brought them here to vote.”   That is nothing more than the type of BS you hear on Fox News. But now Paxton has weaponized government by targeting people registering those he believes will vote for Democrats. The backlash to Paxton’s actions have been swift. LULAC requested that the Department of  Justice investigate Paxton's office for Voting Rights Act violations. LULAC CEO Juan Proaño and the group's national president, Roman Palomares, summed up well what is really going in their letter to the DOJ: "These actions echo a troubling history of voter suppression and intimidation that has long targeted both Black and Latino communities, particularly in states like Texas, where demographic changes have increasingly shifted the political landscape.”

The Texas GOPs voter intimidation tactics are based on the faux outrage campaign against noncitizen voting.

[idksomethingnewororiginal]

CALL YOUR SENATORS!!!!

[ciara-clycone]

“8 in 10 married women have changed their surname which means they don’t have a birth certificate that matches their current legal name. 69 million women would have to get new IDs to vote under the Save Act. The GOP is trying to silence women across the country.”

-Tiffany Muller, President of End of Citizens United.

[macmanx]

The SAVE Act would block millions of eligible voters from participating in our democracy. It requires in-person citizenship documentation that would effectively end online and mail voter registration and exclude millions of eligible citizens from registering to vote if they don't have passports, access to their birth certificates, or if those documents do not reflect their name following a name change. This would impact trans people and the tens of millions who change their name upon getting married. And the bill mandates faulty voter roll purges – disenfranchising eligible voters.

The SAVE Act isn't about safeguarding elections. It's about silencing voters. We can't let this bill get any further: Tell your Senators to vote NO on this dangerous bill and protect our voting rights.

[leaf-me-alone-to-live]

I called my senators today to ask them to vote No on the SAVE Act. Have you? It only takes 5 minutes and if you call after hours you can leave a message.

The SAVE Act will make it harder for Everyone to vote - but especially people that have changed their name for any reason (marriage, adoption, etc). The number one threat to voting is voter suppression, not voter fraud.