The bill would require anyone registering to vote to provide proof of citizenship—a valid U.S. passport, or a photo ID presented with a certified birth certificate.
This presents a pretty big problem for a large group of people: women, especially married women who have changed their name, a group that numbers over 69 million. If the SAVE Act becomes law, any time one of those millions of women goes to register to vote for the first time or change their voter registration—maybe they moved to a new address—they could be turned away if the names on their identification and birth certificate don’t match.
If you have any doubts about the intent behind this rights-robbing bill just look at the men behind it.
First off, there’s Peter Thiel: billionaire MAGA donor, sugar daddy of JD Vance and a notable Trump ally. In 2009, Thiel said “the extension of the franchise to women” turned democracy into a joke.
Then, there’s Mark Thompson, a GOP-endorsed North Carolina candidate for governor in 2024, who has publicly called for a return to the days when women couldn’t vote.
Can somebody who knows more about this explain where this bill is?
I’ve been hearing it for a while now, and I’m wondering how concerned I should be or how much of it is fear mongering
I mean obviously it’s what the fascist want and they have a ton of power right now
But just trying to stay as realistic as possible
They already know who is a citizen just like they already know your tax data, and just like your tax return, your voter registration should be automatic and unquestionable.
The American government is breaking every social covenant with the American citizens, and they are insulting our intelligence every step of the way.
No wonder China is eating our lunch.
What is it with the USA and their inability to have an ID?
If you mean a “National ID” then Republicans have been against that for reasons of “freedom” and some stupid Bible reference.
If you mean why do Americans have such hard times acquiring an ID? Well, that’s by design, because a very powerful minority hate democracy. There’s probably millions of people that live over an hour away from the nearest ID issuing office and/or their closest office is open only a few hours a week (yes, per week). There’s also plenty of instances of people being unable to sufficiently “prove” they are who they say they are because they don’t have their own birth certificate and can’t afford to buy it.
We’re barely even a Republic anymore and we were probably never a Democracy.
This is more about the type of ID you need mixed with the cost/effort of acquiring that ID.
Essentially, changes to ID laws impact voting by:
- Making voting cost money - the government doesn’t provide these IDs for free
- Making voting cost more time - getting theses IDs may require people (especially women who have changed names) to spend time navigating the beuracracy to get all the documents they need for the new ID requirements
At the end of the day, voting should be free and people shouldn’t be penalized for how they do it. These kinds of laws try to make voting time intensive and expensive, meaning many people may not be able to vote.
Wouldn’t this mean that either photo IDs or passports would have to become free of charge? Anything else would be effectively a voting tax, no?
If their stated goal was the truth and they wanted to follow the law, yes.
As it is, it’s blatant and intentional voter suppression.
That would be up to the Supreme Court. Who do you think they would side with?
