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Dear Friend,

This is not a drill! Unbelievably, last week, Republicans in the U.S.
House of Representatives passed legislation that could make it VERY hard
for at least 69 million American women to vote! [ [link removed] ]Not okay.

If passed by the U.S. Senate and signed into law, the SAVE Act will create
huge barriers to voting for more than half of Americans who do not have
passports and 69 million American women who have changed their names after
marriage and whose birth certificates do not match their current names.

The “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility” (SAVE) Act is straight-up voter
suppression, would keep tens of millions of eligible voters from voting,
and does absolutely nothing to protect the integrity of our elections.
This terrifying bill must be stopped in the U.S. Senate.

[ [link removed] ]→ Tell your U.S. Senator to protect our voting rights and vote NO on
the SAVE Act. *When you click you'll instantly sign if we have all the
required information. Below is the text of the letter:

“Dear U.S. Senator:

We urge you to vote NO on the SAVE Act because this bill will create huge
barriers to register to vote for the more than half of Americans who do
not have passports and the 69 million women who have changed their names
after marrying and whose birth certificates no longer match their names.

Moreover, this legislation would end voter registration drives, online and
mail voter registration, and other voter registration efforts that are
critical to voters, regardless of political party.

Requiring voters to change birth certificates to match current names or
apply for passports is a huge logistical, financial, and administrative
burden for people across America, working mothers, the elderly and people
with disabilities, military, low-income, and rural voters.

The SAVE Act is a dangerous anti-voter bill that will not make our
elections safer, but will create barriers that weaken our democracy and
silence voters, regardless of political party.” 

Here’s where we are: The Republican SAVE Act, an extremist U.S. House
Republican bill has passed the House. Now, it may go to the U.S. Senate
for a vote unless we put pressure on the Senate and ensure it doesn't come
up. The SAVE Act would require all eligible Americans to provide proof of
citizenship by presenting either a passport or a birth certificate, in
combination with a government-issued photo ID matching your current name
to register to vote.

The SAVE Act will make it harder for voters to vote, it will also have a
disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, Asian, and other
people of color, married people who have changed their names, and young
and elderly people are more likely to have problems accessing these
documents. It will also burden military voters, Native voters, rural
voters, naturalized citizens, survivors of natural disasters, and trans
voters who have gone through the process of changing their legal name.
[ [link removed] ]Not to mention stripping 69 million married women of the voting
population of their ability to register to vote! [1]

Are you one of the nearly 69 million married women in the US who changed
your name when you married? Is your married name on your birth
certificate? No? Then you won’t be able to use that to register to vote. 

The SAVE Act penalizes women, making it significantly harder for them to
register to vote. Further, the bill does not provide a clear way for women
to prove their citizenship without a passport, which would leave many
women without a way to register or cast their ballots. Married women who
have changed their last name would also have to change their birth
certificate, at significant cost and time, to meet the new voter
requirements. This bill would impact working moms and those who simply
cannot afford the expensive paperwork to prove they are eligible to vote.

[ [link removed] ]→ The SAVE Act will not make our elections safer. Its purpose is to
disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, particular women voters. Urge
your U.S. Senator to vote NO on this harmful bill. *When you click you'll
instantly sign if we have all the required information.

We are asking for your help in urging your legislator to vote NO on the
SAVE Act. After you take action, please post the action link on social
media, forward this email to friends and families, and keep the pressure
on!

Thanks for your help, 

--Namatie, Ruth, Elyssa, Donna, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising.org &
MamásConPoder Team

P.S.– Personal experiences are powerful and can make a HUGE difference in
helping elected leaders understand how public policies impact families so
they can move change. We want to hear more from YOU! Can you take a second
and follow the link below to share your personal story about how passage
of the SAVE Act would impact you and your family?

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References:
[1] [ [link removed] ]Married Women Could Be Stopped From Voting Under SAVE Act


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