Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on the SAVE Act, a Barrier to Voting Rights
The SAVE Act (H.R. 22) is a proposed law that would require all Americans to provide physical proof of citizenship—such as a passport or birth certificate—to register to vote. It sounds simple but is creating a voting rights crisis for Native Americans.
Why?
The SAVE Act requires Tribal IDs to list a “place of birth” to be valid. Most Tribal IDs don’t include this, rendering them useless for registration without a secondary document, like a birth certificate or passport. But for Native voters who are often born at home or who have to travel great distances to get them, often as far as 100 miles during working hours, the extra requirement of a birth certificate is a major hurdle. Similarly, passports are expensive and require birth certificates to obtain. This requirement creates an unfair barrier to voting—a fundamental right.
Legislation that ignores the geographic, sovereign, and administrative realities of Indian Country is about exclusion, not security. Democracy only works when everyone is allowed to participate.
📞 Contact your Senators today. Tell them to vote NO on the SAVE Act. Senators are voting on whether to open a debate on the bill on March 17. If passed, they will continue with a floor debate with amendment votes for an unpredictable amount of time. All further amendment and procedural votes will require 60 votes to pass.
PLEASE ACT TODAY
- Call your elected senators at their Congressional Offices and ask for their Legislative Director. To find your representative and senators, use the USA Gov tool.
- Use this script for each call:
Hello, my name is (blank). My zip code is (tell them your zip code). I am calling to urge my senator to oppose the House-passed SAVE America Act, which would enact unnecessary barriers to voter registration and would disenfranchise countless voters, Including American Indian and Alaska Natives, women, senior citizens, and low-income citizens. This bill is designed to block voters from access to a fundamental right in our democracy WITHOUT evidence of widespread voter fraud.
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