The SAVE America Act continued to be on the floor of the US Senate late March
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and the Senate voted on several amendments to the bill. This includes an amendment to add strict voter ID measures to the legislation and a ban on the participation of transgender people in sports.
The Senate recessed without voting on cloture on the bill. They can bring it back up for debate when they return from recess.
Please use the resources below to oppose this bill:
- Use the League Recess Guide to visit your members of Congress in their home-district offices and tell them to reject anti-voter policies, oppose the SAVE Act, and demand vital immigration policies. Find the guide HERE.
- Use updated talking points when discussion the SAVE America Act. The League management site has updated and a letter to the editor template.
- Read WA Secretary of State Hobbs' comments on the SAVE America Act in this article. And note the quote from LWVWA Democracy Issue Chair Alison McCaffree: “This would be a hardship on married women and other Americans who changed their names, who would then be required to get updated documents in order to register to vote, and that could be very difficult," said Alison McCaffree of the LWVWA. "We want easy access to this basic right of ours."
