Trump’s allies are planning to take over the Senate floor this week in a bid to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, setting up a major test for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who is under pressure from Trump and the MAGA base to extend the debate over voting reform for as long as possible.
GOP senators are playing their cards close to the vest ahead of this week’s marathon debate over the SAVE America Act, which would require people registering to vote to show documented proof of citizenship.
But they’re bracing for long hours and possible late nights in a bid to build momentum for the bill, which already has broad public support. A recent Harvard CAPS/Harris poll of 1,999 registered voters found that 71% support the SAVE America Act.
Trump allies, frustrated that they aren’t able to force Democrats to stage a talking filibuster to block the bill, are pressing Thune to keep the measure on the floor as long as possible to force Democrats to defend their opposition.
I wonder how many of those 1999 registered voters would be disenfranchised if this came into effect, but don’t realize it because they didn’t read what ‘documented proof of citizenship’ actually entails…
IIRC, it was around 10% of registered voters on average. So, if the poll is a good sample, it would be 200 of them.
More to the point, it is overwhelingly conservative women who more often than not, change their names when they get married.
I forsee a bit of misery in parts of the GOP over this.
I wouldn’t count my chickens before they’re hatched in that case. It will also disproportionately affect poor people. People who don’t want to purchase a passport for hundreds of dollars, and who may not have their birth certificate readily available, and can’t afford the time or expense to find/replace it.
I’m a penis haver who has been adopted so my name doesn’t match my birth certificate either.
Get to your city hall and sort that asap!