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Issues
Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) sponsored H.R. 22, the so-called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would make registering to vote in federal elections more difficult by requiring onerous proof of citizenship. Voting by ineligible non-citizens is extraordinarily rare, election administrators are already well equipped to prevent it, and existing legal penalties for it are severe. Despite these facts, the SAVE Act would seize on anti-immigrant fervor to make registering to vote significantly harder for many millions of eligible voters, including citizens born in the United States, because it would require a hardcopy passport or birth certificate for registering. It would thwart online voter registration, voter registration drives, and voter registration by mail. A majority of all United States 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. A healthy environment requires an inclusive democracy in which every eligible voter can register, vote, and have their vote counted. This legislation would severely undermine that right. On April 10, the House approved H.R. 22 by a vote of 220-208 (House roll call vote 102). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The Senate took no action on this legislation in 2025.
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