Talk about the difference in opinions.
“Requirement for proof of citizenship to register in the federal elections is a solution to the voter’s fraud; that’s why I co-financed the law on the salvation, which has just passed the Chamber of Extras, who are still voting against the election integrity,” wrote on Twitter Twitter on Twitter Rep. Scott Perry (R-10).
“The act on saving republicans would suppress voting. It is already illegal for people who are not citizens of voting. It would deprive millions of-Malem women + trans, who changed their name, service members, disabled people. We don’t need more voting barriers,” he wrote on Twitter. Rep. Summer Lee (D-12).
“This morning @housegop adopted the Act on Salvance-Sandy bill, which requires evidence of citizenship to register for voting. Only American citizens should vote in American elections. The period. Some countries have systems that allow non-life registration. election. Rep. And Meuser (R-09).
“The Chamber has just adopted one of the worst provisions regarding voting in the history of America. The Senate must stop it,” he said Michael Waldmanin a statement, president and general director of Brennan Center for Justice at Nyu Law. “The rescue act would decide to vote for millions of American citizens. It should not become a law.”
Is one side proper and the other is evil? Is the truth somewhere in the middle? First, let’s look at the law on saving – what is it and what it proposes.
What is Act Save?
. Secure American Voter Act Act or Save requires personal people to provide evidence of US documentary citizenship during registration to vote in federal elections. According to the Congress Research Service“The draft act prohibits the countries of accepting and processing the application for registration in the federal elections, unless the applicant presents the documentary proof of the US citizenship. The Act specifies what documents are considered to be acceptable to the US citizenship, such as identification, which is in line with the true ID Act of 2005, which indicates US citizenship.
“In addition, the bill (1) prohibits the registration of the voting person in the federal elections, unless when the entity applies to registration to vote, the entity presents the documentation of US citizenship; and (2) requires from the states to establish an alternative process, under which the Applicant may provide other evidence to demonstrate US citizenship.”
Who sponsored the bill?
Rep. Roy chip (R-TEXAS) is the main sponsor, and Perry was the original co-founder of the regulations. Others in the delegation of Pennsylvania, which enrolled as co -chips, is Meuser, Rep. John Joyce (R-13), Mike Kelly (R-16), Guy Rheriendshles (R-14) I Glenn Thompson (R-15). All 10 members of the Keystone GOP delegation voted in favor of the regulations, while the entire democratic delegation was contradictory. The act was adopted by the chamber in the vote 220-208.
What documents would be required to register?
Among the acceptable documents of demonstrating evidence of citizenship are:
- A real driving license in accordance with the identifier, which “indicates that the applicant is a citizen.”
- An significant passport in the USA.
- Military Identification Card with the military provision of the service, which lists the birthplace of the Applicant, as in the USA
- An significant identifier with a photo that shows that the applicant’s birthplace was in the USA
- An significant identifier with photos issued by the government presented in a document such as a certified birth certificate, which shows that the place of birth was in the USA
Problems
“Last year Brennan Center The Center for Democracy and Citizens’ involvement at the University of Maryland and public, cooperating with voters, to investigate Americans about what identification they have and what they know about the provisions regarding the identification of voters in their condition. We also asked respondents if they had documents that confirm their citizenship – passport, birth certificate or naturalization documents – easily accessible.
Our research indicates that over nine (9) percent of American citizens of the vote or 21.3 million people do not have easily available evidence for citizenship. There are countless reasons – the documents may be in the house of another family member or in the safe. And at least 3.8 million do not have these documents, often because they have been lost, destroyed or stolen.
We also discovered evidence of racial differences in these numbers: while just over 8 percent of identified white American citizens do not have easily available civic documents, this number is almost 11 percent among colored Americans. “
. Campaign Legal Center He says: “Colorful people, people who changed their names, as well as young and older people have a better chance of access to these documents. For example, married people who changed their name do not necessarily have a birth certificate with their current legal name.”
AND Center for American Progress He wrote that “because the documentation would have to be presented in person, in practice legislation would prevent Americans from registering to vote by post; the final registration of voters drives throughout the country; and eliminate the registration of online voters from day to day – on service 42 States based on the fact that Americans will have to appear personally, with original documentation, with original registration documentation registration.
. Double -sided politics center He writes that “the Act on salvation requires significant changes at every stage of the voter registration process: how voters register, the method of verifying their identity and how the maintenance of the list is carried out on a regular basis. These changes would be costly and time -consuming, taking months – if not years – to achieve. Despite the administrative difficulties in the field of implementation, the Act on rescue gives rescue In relation to the precise action, as well as the date of consideration, recognizing the time not to make it available that this is not required, so that they do not share the fact that this is not in line with this.
Reaction
“According to the Constitution, there is nothing more saint than to ensure that people can voice in the choice of people who represent them in Washington and all over the country,” Roy said, thanking Cleta MitchellIN A lawyer who helped President Trump question his election loss in 2020 for her work on the act.
“Let me completely clear: this is not a problem. They don’t abundantly vote in the US elections,” he said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05) in a statement. “In accordance with federal law that is not the law, they are not born are no longer prohibited voting in the federal elections and they can face prison or deportation only for registration. The study after the study shows that this is a lack of a problem. Instead of this law, the voices of qualifying citizens will suppress and would cost American taxpayers and units of billions of billions of billions of billions of billions. A real ID, which proves that only five states spend this type of ID, and Pennsylvania is not one of them.
“This legislation explains: only American citizens can vote in the American elections, uncomplicated and uncomplicated. This is the foundation of our democracy,” Kelly said. “In recent years, the city led by Democrats have allowed dangers to vote in municipal elections. American citizens-only American-citizens-to decide on American elections.”
“The Act on salvation is a hazardous and unnecessary attack on voting rights that could block millions of authorized citizens before voting,” he said Molly McGrathIn the statement, the director of the National Democracy of ACLU Democracy. “We are already questioning the unconstitutional executive ordinance of President Trump, which aims to impose similar restrictions through the election assistance commission – illegal crossing, which threatens to escalate our choices. It is not about protecting voters or our choices, it is about politicians who want to protect themselves and choose and choose voters. But this is not a way that democracy works.
“Nobody should pay for voting-but this is what this act does, requiring documents that cost money and a huge amount of time and effort to get a mistake, this barrier would be a tax on Anulia from the 21st century, designed to block people before voting in decisions that shape our lives,” he said KADIDA KONESERFounder of the modern Pennsylvania project.
“Today, a house controlled by the Republicans, voted in favor of adopting the law on salvation-law, which, under a false election integrity, would deprive millions of authorized voters throughout the country,” he said Latin voting in a statement. “This bill does nothing to improve the security of elections. Remember that both blue and red states have certified fair and free elections. What he does is unnecessary and burdensome obstacles for Americans trying to exercise their constitutional right to vote. This is our community – young Latinos, members of the military service abroad. The Save Act is aimed at multi -culture.”
What’s going on now?
The act is now going to the US Senate, where it stands in the face of inflexible winds to overcome the likely democratic filibuster in the chamber. The house passed a similar remedy in July last year, where it got sticked. It would require seven democrats to join the Republican majority to overcome the expected filibuster.
