Oppose the SAVE America Act (UPDATED 6/22)

Updates

June 22, 2026: Trump continues to push Senate Republicans on the SAVE America Act and announced that he will oppose reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) unless Congress also attaches the SAVE America Act to it. Senate Majority Leader Thune has repeatedly said that the bill has no viable path forward in the Senate.

February 11, 2026: The House has passed the SAVE America Act by a vote of 218-213; Rep. Cuellar (D-TX) was the lone vote that crossed party lines. The bill now moves to the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Thune has promised a floor vote on the bill, though it’s path to 60 votes is unclear.

February 6, 2026: During the week of February 9th, the House is set to vote on a new version of the SAVE Act, titled the “SAVE America Act.” This bill maintains the language of the original SAVE Act and adds new requirements that voters present a proof of citizenship both when registering to vote and when casting a ballot, drastically increasing the difficulty for eligible voters. The bill still faces significant opposition in the Senate.

Republicans in Congress have introduced the extreme anti-voter Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22/S.128 and declared it among their top priorities. This bill would hinder millions of eligible Americans from registering to vote by requiring citizens to present a birth certificate or passport in person to register.

Millions of Americans don’t have easy access to these documents.

• More than 21.3 million Americans lack immediate access to documentary proof of citizenship.
• More than 140 million Americans do not have a passport, and elderly Americans are one of the demographic groups least likely to have one.
• 69 million women who have taken their spouse’s last name do not have a birth certificate that matches their legal name.
• Similarly, transgender people who change their name to reflect their gender identity may be denied new passports and become ineligible to register.
• Disabled people are already much more likely to encounter a difficulty while voting compared to a nondisabled voter; more stringent requirements will just make this worse.
• Citizens of color are three times more likely than white citizens to lack documents such as birth certificates, passports, naturalization certificates, or certificates of citizenship.
• An in-person registration requirement would prevent military members serving abroad from easily registering to vote.

Despite unfounded claims to the contrary, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. The SAVE Act is designed to block eligible people from voting, not to protect elections. Demand your representatives move on from the SAVE Act and shift focus to issues that matter.