#eligible voters

[more-flotsam-and-jetsam]

[sohaibsmart]

Justice Division sues Virginia for its voter purge over nonexistent ‘noncitizen voting’

The Justice Division is suing Virginia election officers over their latest efforts to cancel voter registrations, alleging their actions violate a federal regulation that bars the purging of voter rolls so near the election. Filed on Friday, the lawsuit accuses the Virginia State Board of Elections and the Virginia commissioner of elections of violating the Nationwide Voter Registration Act’s…

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

We tried to tell you...

[ivygorgon]

An open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives

Vote NO on the SAVE Act!

8,228 so far! Help us get to 10,000 signers!

I am writing to express my strong opposition to H.R. 22, the so-called “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility” (SAVE) Act. While this bill is framed as a measure to combat voter fraud, it is, in reality, a voter suppression effort that creates unnecessary barriers to voting and disenfranchises millions of Americans.

The SAVE Act would require voters to present narrow forms of “documentary proof of citizenship,” such as a passport or birth certificate, to participate in federal elections. This would disproportionately harm:

- Up to 150 million Americans who do not have a passport.

- Approximately 69 million women citizens who do not have a birth certificate with their current legal name on it.

- Elderly Americans, who are the least likely to hold passports.

Additionally, in 7 states, less than one-third of citizens have a valid passport – Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and West Virginia.

The SAVE Act is a solution in search of a problem. Worse, it would erode the fundamental right to vote, silencing the voices of vulnerable communities under the guise of election security. Rather than advancing harmful legislation like the SAVE Act, Congress should focus on protecting and expanding voting rights by supporting measures such as the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

One of the foundational values of our democracy is the idea that every person is entitled to a vote – a say in the direction of our nation. I urge you and your colleagues to work towards that founding ideal. Thanks.

▶ Created on February 6 by Jess Craven · 8,228 signers in the past 7 days

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[trivalentlinks]

trade war with Canada, are Americans fucking serious???

I'm a us-canada dual citizen and a bunch of my (chinese) family members who were unused to the concept of dual citizenship used to ask me 'it the us and canada went to war, which side would you support?'

it seemed like such a ridiculous question back then

i miss those days

[justinspoliticalcorner]

GOP-controlled House passes performative and nonsensical SAVE Act 221-198 to ban noncitizens from voting in federal elections (in which they already barred from)

RAFAEL BERNAL AND MYCHAEL SCHNELL at The Hill:

House Republicans and a handful of Democrats on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to expand proof-of-citizenship requirements to vote in federal elections and impose voter roll purge requirements on states, legislation that has been touted by former President Trump. The legislation — formally titled the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — cleared the chamber in a 221-198 vote, with five Democrats voting yes. It now heads to the Senate, where it is all but certain to be ignored amid opposition from Democrats.

President Biden has vowed to veto the measure. Opponents of the bill say its core idea — establishing noncitizen voting as illegal — is redundant, and argue that its provisions will more likely lead to U.S. citizens being denied their right to vote than to preventing votes by foreign nationals. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), meanwhile, argued on the House floor Wednesday that the legislation is necessary because noncitizens have voted in U.S. elections despite it being illegal to do so. “Even though it’s already illegal, this is happening,” Johnson said. In May, Johnson told reporters, “we all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections. But it’s not been something that is easily provable. We don’t have that number. “This legislation will allow us to do exactly that — it will prevent that from happening. And if someone tries to do it, it will now be unlawful within the states,” he added.

[...] The claim that noncitizens are voting — and that Democrats are willfully importing undocumented immigrants to vote — is the bill’s raison d’être.

The US House voted passes performative and nonsensical SAVE Act 221-198 to ban noncitizens from voting in federal elections (in which they already barred from). The bill will rightfully die in the Senate, and if it does manage to pass that body, President Biden will veto it.

See Also:

MMFA: Right-wing media’s recycled election conspiracy theory: Democrats are using the DMV to facilitate noncitizen voting

[alex51324]

I had a dream last night where Trump came to speak on my campus* and It Did Not Go Well.

There were a bunch of banners advertising his visit and they were all defaced--there was a specific slogan spray-painted on them, but I don't remember what it was--and then when the time came for his speech, the lecture hall was about 1/4 full, with mostly old White people, plus a couple of rows of hecklers who managed to get in. There were about five times as many counter-protesters outside as there were people in the audience, and when he came on stage they (we?**) started chanting--again, I don't remember the slogan--loudly enough to drown out his voice inside, and eventually he just gave up and left.

Anyway, hear me, Apollo, god of the red dodge ball.

(*It was a sort of amalgam of various ones where I've worked and studied; the building where he spoke dream never specified what my role was there. The building where he spoke was a specific one at Penn State, tho.)

(**Part of the dream it was like I was there in the crowd, and part of it I was seeing it in the news.)

[korrasamibottles]

I for real need to stop politicsposting on social media for my own health and that of those around me but before I do that I just want to say that a Safe Blue State is not eternal, it is not static, is is not a guaranteed fact of the universe, it is only as safe as we make it. And that means paying attention to state and local politics and voting every single chance we get.

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

I have to admit that it has been WILD to see what comes out of the contingent of people who have decided to put all their eggs in the electoral basket as they seek to explain their logic to others. I keep seeing statements in these posts that I am absolutely sure people are just saying without recognizing the implications because they're scared but my god

[medinerd]

5 Calls - Oppose The SAVE Act (H.R. 22 / S.128) – A Voter Suppression Bill

No rule saying you can’t call your reps and leave messages on the weekend! Republicans in Congress have introduced the extreme anti-voter Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22/ S.128) and declared it among their top priorities. This bill would hinder millions of eligible Americans from registering to vote by requiring citizens to present a birth certificate or passport in…

[deep-sea-horror]

the way liberals know literally nothing about latin america because they really think some white cuban and some indigenous refugee from guatemala should be punished the same for the whole latinos from trump bs

[i-dont-have-a-clever-username]

A reminder that if you are an American citizen you can vote even if you live outside of the US (voting abroad is not just for the military!) so if you or someone you know is going to be living elsewhere on Election Day (expats, semesters abroad, in some cases even American citizens born abroad who have never lived in the US) You can vote!!!! Go to votefromabroad.org and they will walk you through the process based on the state you vote in! (your last state of residence)

My fellow leftists, do NOT give in to defeatism.

Things are already turning around.

[ltwharfy]

"Woke up election day Sky's gunpowder and shades of grey Beneath the dirty sun I whistle my time away..."

[tskumoyuuma]

every day i become more and more and more worried about this goddamn fucking election. im not even living in the us anymore n its giving me migraines. first a failed assassination attempt on trump which will only boost support for him among his backers, then biden finally succumbs to all the cries for him to step down. hes the presidential incumbant who has stepped down from the race the latest out of any other, and his backing of harris is expected but also cause for some worry. if she does become the official democratic nominee, we might just have another hillary vs trump situation, and any kind of credit harris might get for being vp would be offset by the fact that she isnt white. the democratic party needs to get its act together and actually rally around a single nominee now, cause if any kind of further splintering happens now, it could spell very very bad news for november

[ivygorgon]

📨 An open letter to the U.S. House of Representatives

🚫 Vote NO on the SAVE Act!

✍️ 8,228 so far! Help us get to 10,000 signers!

This letter urges the House to reject H.R. 22, the "SAVE Act," arguing that it is a voter suppression bill disguised as election security. It highlights how requiring passports or birth certificates to vote would disproportionately disenfranchise millions, including women, elderly citizens, and those in states with low passport rates. Instead of restricting voting rights, the letter calls for strengthening democracy through the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

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Took this from Instagram because this is urgent US folks.

You need to call and email your reps no matter if you live in a red or blue state. This cannot be allowed to pass.

It will prevent anyone who has ever changed their name from voting (including their last name)