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Today, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives will vote on dangerous legislation that would make it harder for Americans to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act sets up onerous barriers to deter American citizens from participating in our democratic process.
Despite a well-documented lack of evidence of voting fraud, Congressional Republicans’ bill is their latest attempt to rationalize debunked conspiracies that dangerously question the integrity of our electoral system. It comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s executive order, which attacked voting by mail and allowed Elon Musk to access private personal information– all while the conservative-controlled Supreme Court was hearing oral arguments in a case threatening the Voting Rights Act.“Congressional Republicans’ anti-voting legislation is a power grab to silence the voices of American citizens – full stop,” said Accountable.US Executive Director Tony Carrk. “Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their allies in Congress are attacking voting by threatening Americans’ ability to vote by mail, allowing Musk’s DOGE to access sensitive personal information, and kneecapping states’ ability to run free and fair elections. Worst of all, their crusade paves the way to toss out legal votes and undermine election results that they don’t like. It should send a chill down the spine of every American.”Republicans’ SAVE Act would impose document requirements which would make it harder for millions of Americans to vote. A recent study from the Center For Democracy And Civic Engagement showed that at least 11% of voting-age citizens didn’t have or would have difficulty finding documents to prove their citizenship – with older and younger Americans, as well as infrequent and low-income voters most impacted. The document barriers would also be restrictive for military voters who currently serve in armed uniform.
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