Take Action: Voice Your Opinion of the SAVE Act. 

What is the SAVE Act? Check out this video from the LWVNY's series "Defending Democracy"
Use this suggested letter from the LWVUS to contact your representative. Read what the NCLS (National Council of State Legislators) says about the basic provisions, including a provision that establishes crminal penalities for election officials who mistakenly register someone who is not elegilble.

The House and Senate introduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require citizenship documentation to register to vote even though voters in every state are already required to affirm or verify their citizenship status when registering.
         It is already illegal for noncitizens to register and vote in federal or state elections. The bill’s requirement of a document to prove American citizenship to register to vote in federal elections is unnecessary and seeks to divide us. It also creates another barrier to voting.
         Americans do not need MORE obstacles to vote. The SAVE Act would create one more barrier to the voting process, as many eligible voters do not have easy access to the necessary documents. Compared to white US citizens, citizens of color are three times more likely to lack documents such as birth certificates, passports, naturalization certificates, or certificates of citizenship or face difficulties accessing them. For example, while approximately half of all American adults possess a passport, two-thirds of Black Americans do not.

Although our local Representatives, Senators Schumer and Gillbrand and Congressman Josh Riley, may very likey be opposed to the SAVE Act, it is not guarenteed.

Urge your members of Congress to stand STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY!

Contact Senator Schumer  Phone:  (202) 224-6542

Contact Sentaor Gillibrand  Phone: (202) 224-4451

Contact Congressman Josh Riley    Phone: 202-225-5441