Friend,

The Senate is about to vote on one of the worst voter suppression bills in
history.(1)

The Republican majority of the U.S. House of Representatives passed the
SAVE Act, a bill that would require citizens to show a birth certificate
or passport in order to register (or re-register) to vote. And worse, the
bill is intentionally unclear as to whether states have to allow voters to
register if their legal names do not match their birth certificates.(2)

The 21 million people who don’t have access to their birth
certificates.(3) Married women who have taken their spouses’ names. Trans
and nonbinary people who have changed their names. They all could be
barred from voting.

Fortunately, the SAVE Act will need 60 votes in the Senate to pass, so we
have an excellent chance to stop this bill in its tracks.

[ [link removed] ]Will you sign our coalition petition and tell your senators to vote NO
on the SAVE Act?

[ [link removed] ]SIGN NOW

The members of Congress pushing the SAVE Act say they are solving voter
fraud by noncitizens -- a nonexistent problem.

What the SAVE Act does accomplish is bringing us one step closer to a
Christian nationalist government, one in which women and LGBTQ+ people
lose their votes.(4)

Moreover, the SAVE Act forces people to register to vote in person --
killing voter registration drives, voter registration by mail, and online
registration.(5)

We have to put a stop to the SAVE Act before it becomes law. Will you
contact your senators today?

[ [link removed] ]Tell your senators NO to this voter suppression bill!

Thank you for being in the fight!

–Irene, along with Annie, Angela, Isidra, Cecilia, Jen, and Lindsay (the
Courage team)

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Courage California (formerly Courage Campaign) makes sure our democracy works for ALL of us by fighting corruption in California politics. We believe the solution lies in exposing and solving systemic problems through strategic organizing, enhancing coordination between progressive organizations, and mobilizing civic engagement from our communities, particularly voters of color, young voters, and self-identified progressives.

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