The scariest parts of the MEGA Act are how it goes after so much more than proof-of-citizenship at registration. States aren't mandated to provide ID to eligible citizens, but the MEGA Act would require citizens to show the right kind of ID every time they went to vote. This creates inequality, like in Texas, where you can vote with a hunting license (which doesn't require proof of citizenship) but you can't vote with a college photo ID.
This bill targets voter registration as well, demanding that eligible voters re-prove their citizenship every election, while also requiring states to "take affirmative steps... on an ongoing basis" every 30 days to check and verify their voter rolls. How would they check them? Using a nationwide federal database controlled by MAGA partisans, of course. And the bill calls for all these measures to be in place before we vote in November's general election.
“There’s never been an attack on voting rights out of Congress like this,” said Alexander Keyssar, a professor of History and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a leading historian of voting rights said about the SAVE Act. “It’s always been the federal government trying to keep states in check on voting rights, for the most part.”
His words ring even more true about the MEGA Act. This bill is nothing less than an all-out partisan assault on our fundamental right to vote. If made law, this bill would codify MAGA's power for decades to come, invalidating millions of eligible voters and ending our democracy for a generation or longer.
None of us can afford to sit on the sidelines, John, and watch our fundamental right to vote die. Fight back against these cynical vote suppressors with $35 or whatever you can before it's too late >>
