Our Voting Rights Are Under Attack

Current Threat to our Voting Rights

Voter suppression has been around ever since the right to vote was extended beyond white men. From gerrymandering — when the political party in charge draws voting districts to benefit their party in elections — to tricks at polling stations to keep people from voting, this isn’t new. But everyone should be able to vote – voting rights shouldn’t be a partisan issue.

Right now, Congress is considering the latest threat to our voting rights — the SAVE Act. They say it’s for “election security,” but really it’s an assault on the voting rights of women, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, Black people, and other marginalized communities. The SAVE Act is a voter suppression bill. Period. And Congress has never passed a law restricting access to voting like this.

 The SAVE Act would require anyone registering to vote, or even just updating their voter registration, to show proof of citizenship (a passport or a birth certificate that matches their current last name), in person. What’s wrong with that? A few things.

For starters, there is very little evidence of voter fraud anywhere. The Washington Post showed only 4 cases out of 135 million ballots in the 2016 elections. President Trump’s own commission investigating the 2016 elections ended after showing no proof. 

To make matters worse, an estimated 21 million Americans don’t have a passport or copy of their birth certificate handy, and the 80% of married women who have taken their spouse’s last name — 69 million women — rarely update their birth certificates to match. The SAVE Act would impact tens of millions of us.

The good news is, MAGA can’t pass the SAVE Act alone. It would take 60 votes to pass it out of the Senate. We can make sure it’s dead on arrival by sharing this information with everyone we know, and by calling Congress today. We make it easy for you to do both!