UPDATED March 6, 2026: Tell Congress: Reject the SAVE Act
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Tell Congress: Reject the SAVE Act

Updated March 6, 2026

The SAVE Act could block millions of American citizens from voting by requiring people to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. The Brennan Center’s research shows that 21 million Americans don’t have these documents readily available.

We should be protecting the freedom to vote, not restricting it. Congress should reject this anti-voter bill.

Here’s the latest information on the status of the SAVE Act, including its amendments, from the Brennan Center.

Updated Feb. 27, 2026 by the Brennan Center: When this article was first published (on Feb. 2, 2026), the SAVE America Act included a provision that would have also required voters to show documents such as a passport or birth certificate at the polls every time they vote. The bill has since been amended in the House to replace that requirement with a directive that states regularly submit their voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security, as well as a restrictive photo ID requirement for voting. The SAVE America Act passed the House of Representatives on February 11 but has not yet been considered in the Senate.

[During the week of Feb. 16], Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate launched a renewed push to pass the SAVE Act, introducing two new bills that advance its “show your papers” requirement for voter registration. The first effort to pass the SAVE Act last year failed in the face of nationwide public opposition. These new bills are yet another effort to undermine Americans’ freedom to vote and make this unpopular policy the law of the land.

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.

Read the full Brennan Center article, and then tell Congress: Reject the SAVE Act | Brennan Center for Justice

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Congress is negotiating a deal to fund Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that is killing people in the streets, taking our children, and trampling our rights. A temporary stopgap measure will likely fund DHS through February 13th while negotiations continue. We must keep up the pressure on Congress to protect our communities.

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