Republicans taking a lot of seemingly innocuous (yet unnecessary) steps to undermine voter participation/ access/ rights,... steps based upon the LIE of massive voter fraud,
while others are looking at it and saying, that's not all that bad. A kind of thought that, imo (and that of some others) tends to belie the true intentions/ purposes/ goals of such actions on the part of Republicans: voter disenfranchisement.
But maybe this article (below) better explains the causes for concern.
New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting - Brennan Center
In every form, the SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Our research shows that more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents. Roughly half of Americans don’t even have a passport. Millions lack access to a paper copy of their birth certificate. The SAVE Act would disenfranchise Americans of all ages and races, but younger voters and voters of color would suffer disproportionately. Likewise, millions of women whose married names aren’t on their birth certificates or passports would face extra steps just to make their voices heard.
Just like the SAVE Act of 2025, the new SAVE Act proposals would inject chaos into election administration. They would place a massive unfunded burden on state and local election officials. And they would expose those officials to significant legal risk. The bills would leave it up to local officials to decide whether a voter who lacks one of the specified documents has done enough to prove citizenship. Officials who make an honest mistake could face civil and criminal penalties. An election official could even be punished for registering an eligible American citizen, just for failing to collect all the right paperwork at the right time.
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