Oppose the SAVE Act

On Thursday, April 10th, the U.S. House passed a bill that voting rights groups have repeatedly warned would make it harder for millions of Americans, including married women, to vote. The bill is the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The legislation purportedly aims to block non-citizens from voting, which is already illegal and is very rare. It would require an individual to present in person a passport, birth certificate or other citizenship document when registering to vote or updating their voter registration information (from a move, marriage, etc.).

However, as reporting from the Center for American Progress shows:

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• 146 million American citizens do not have a valid passport (for context, 153 million Americans voted in the 2024 presidential election). 

• In seven states, less than one-third of citizens have a valid passport. 

• Lower income Americans would be dramatically affected: only 1 in 5 Americans with income below $50,000 have a valid passport. 

• 83% of women change their last name when they marry: 69 million American women may not have a birth certificate with their legal name on it and would not be able to use their birth certificate to prove citizenship. The SAVE Act does not included proof of name change or marriage certificate as acceptable proof of identity. 

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The SAVE Act would make it impossible for a voter to mail in a registration application. And it would eliminate  organizations' (including CCDP) ability to conduct voter registration drives. 
 
Election officials are already required to verify a person's eligibility to vote using state and federal data, including citizenship data from Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration, death data, and Postal Service change of address data. Under federal law, anyone currently registering to vote must also provide their driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number. 

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The SAVE Act is now headed to the Senate, where Republicans have a 53-seat majority and the legislation needs 60 votes to pass.

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TAKE ACTION!

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Tell our Senators to vote NO on the SAVE Act and protect our right to vote.

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Below you will also find resources which we hope will help you in obtaining a copy of your birth certificate and/or passport.

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