March 28, 2025
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Re:  Oppose H.R. 22, the SAVE Act

Dear Representative,

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) believes that everyone has a right to clean air, clean water, public lands, and a safe climate protected by a just and equitable democracy. Each year, LCV publishes the National Environmental Scorecard, which details the voting records of members of Congress. The Scorecard is distributed to LCV members, concerned voters nationwide, and the media.

We urge you to vote NO on H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility or SAVE Act. This bill attempts to exploit harmful anti-immigrant sentiments to make registering to vote significantly harder for tens of millions of eligible citizens, including significant numbers of citizens born in the United States.

Non-citizen voting is extraordinarily rare, election administrators are already well equipped to prevent it, and existing legal penalties for it are severe. The SAVE Act purports to prevent non-citizen voting by requiring all those registering or updating their voter registration to present documentary proof of citizenship in person, such as a passport or birth certificate. Over one hundred forty million U.S. citizens do not have passports, many millions cannot readily access their birth certificates, and millions of Americans, particularly married women, do not have birth certificates showing their current legal names. Under this bill, driver’s licenses would not suffice even in states with existing strict voter ID requirements.

The SAVE Act would end online voter registration, voter registration drives, and voter registration by mail. It would create significant barriers to voting for massive numbers of eligible Americans and instigate one of the biggest federal voting rights rollbacks in the history of the United States.

For all these reasons, LCV strongly urges you to vote NO on H.R. 22, the SAVE Act. We will strongly consider including votes on this legislation in our next Scorecard. If you would like more information, please reach out to a member of our government relations team.

Sincerely,

Gene Karpinski

President