"More people were caught masturbating in voting booths in the last election than immigrants were caught illegally voting." - Jimmy Kimmel, Tuesday night
In its Wednesday, March 18 editorial(‘Why The Save America Act…Won’t,) the WSJ’s resident editorial Pooh Bahs claimed:
"For partisan hype, it’s
hard to beat the Senate debate this week on the SAVE America Act. President
Trump says the legislation is a salvation from mass voter fraud.
Sen. Chuck Schumer says it’s an effort at mass voter suppression,
“Jim Crow 2.0.” Neither is reality. Also, Republicans don’t have the votes
to clear the Senate’s filibuster. And if they bully the bill through anyway,
Democrats eyeing the end of the 60-vote rule will quietly celebrate.
The House version of the SAVE America Act, which passed last
month, has two main planks. First, people registering to vote would be asked to
show proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate or
naturalization document. Many driver’s licenses wouldn’t qualify. While the
bill says it would accept a REAL ID “that indicates the applicant is a
citizen,” standard license designs often don’t say. Legal immigrants can get
REAL IDs, too."
So, in other words, try to impose draconian rules on the rest of us to prove our U.S. birth bona fides, even if that means extraordinary ordeals. Especially for married women who'd have to track back for proof of their identity and U.S. birth validity from the time they first changed their maiden names. So let's get to the facts regarding this misnamed 'SAVE Act' which actually is designed to work in tandem with the 'Save America Act' to discourage millions of citizens from voting:
On Feb. 11, the Reepo-led House voted to approve the misnamed 'Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act' (0r SAVE) which would require tens of millions of Americans to get passports. Reeps will vehemently deny that, but in truth that is what it comes down to. Basically, passage would forbid state election officials from registering an individual to vote in federal elections unless the person "provides documentary proof of United States citizenship". Furthermore, the act would forbid individuals from voting unless they bring such proof to the polls each time they vote. Thus mail ballots would also be prohibited. Married women - with maiden name changed - would have to show up at voting precincts with proof of birth (not from a dr. or hospital - but the state) each time, or with a proper passport.
According to the Brennan Center For Justice These Are Some Of the Atrocities:
In every form, the SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Our research shows that more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents.
Roughly half of Americans don’t even have a passport. Millions lack access to a paper copy of their birth certificate. The SAVE Act would disenfranchise Americans of all ages and races, but younger voters and voters of color would suffer disproportionately.
Likewise, millions of women whose married names aren’t on their birth certificates or passports would face extra steps just to make their voices heard.
The SAVE America Act would also require photo ID to vote, providing a narrow list of acceptable IDs more restrictive than the voter ID laws in every state but Ohio. For example, the bill prohibits the use of student IDs (even those issued by state universities), and accepts tribal IDs only with an expiration date, even though many tribal IDs do not contain them.
As if the above abominations to suppress votes weren't bad enough states also would face these nightmares, making one wonder whether the WSJ nabobs even know what they are talking about:
Just like the SAVE Act of 2025, the new SAVE Act proposals would inject chaos into election administration. They would place a massive unfunded burden on state and local election officials. And they would expose those officials to significant legal risk.
The bills would leave it up to local officials to decide whether a voter who lacks one of the specified documents has done enough to prove citizenship. Officials who make an honest mistake could face civil and criminal penalties. An election official could even be punished for registering an eligible American citizen, just for failing to collect all the right paperwork at the right time.
Clearly, it doesn't take a Mensan IQ to see the Save Act proposals comprise the most vile voter suppression artifact to be created since the Jim Crow voter qualification tests of the 50s-60s. In fact, it would particularly create barriers to minority and low income communities.
FACT: As of now, at least 9 percent of voting age Americans (22 m people) lack even drivers' licenses, let alone other proof of citizenship -say like a state-issued photo REAL ID card, or U.S. military ID card.
Another Fact: Should this travesty become law, if a person turns 18, or moves between states - and wants to register to vote in their new home- they will likely be turned away if they cannot produce any of the above cited documents. (At best they might be allowed to fill out a registration form but would still need to mail in acceptable proof of citizenship. For women who changed surnames after marriage questions remain on whether birth certificates could even count as acceptable proof of citizenship.
This is the whirlwind Trump has unleashed barely 8 months before the midterms, and we know why. Trump is in desperation mode to try to rig the midterms for the GOP. Give the exploding costs of fuel and food from his illegal war, and Trump's approval sinking like a rock - at least among those with measurable IQs - he knows he will get shit -hammered in the midterms. (As the ruling party typically does only this time even bigger on account of his reckless war based on lies.)
So, he is using these 'SAVE' Act suppression tactics to try to depress the midterm vote, including by mail. This, to keep control of the House by his GOOPr bootlickers and thereby escaping accountability (and possible 3rd impeachment) for his actions. Namely for all the criminal norm breaking and lawlessness he's been responsible for over the past 18 months - from dispatching ICE goons into blue cites, to blowing up fishermen in boats off South America, to launching an illegal war.
We need people to be alert and aware and to call congress critters to let them know where you stand and you aren't tolerating ripping away one of the most basic rights an American has.
Stay tuned.
See Also:
New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting | Brennan Center for Justice
And
What You Need to Know About the SAVE Act | Campaign Legal Center
And:
What happened when Kansas tried a version of Trump's SAVE Act? Chaos
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