If the GOP really wants the SAVE Act, they can add a requirement that all states make getting an ID suitable for registration and voting absolutely free of charge at every step of the way.
One can also ask the GOP what forms of ID are acceptable to them - that would be very enlightening.
Getting this ID, in whatever form it is, must be free, or it would be considered a poll tax, which is illegal. Better to just get rid of the requrement and the act itself, as it "solves" a nonexistent problem.
"The SAVE Act addresses a problem that does not exist and would have devastating consequences regarding the right to vote."
This statement is the crux of the whole issue. At the least, it's a cheap act of revenge for all of the court findings that no voter fraud existed in the 2020 election. At the worst, it's an unconstitutional invasion of privacy and an individuals' rights.
A possible scenarion: The Senate will finally pass this so close to the date of the midterm election that the courts will not have time to put a stop to it before it's enforcement hinders voting and tampers with the process. This illegal act needs to be done away with forthwith.
Should that happen, it ought to be a candidate for an instant appeal to the Supreme Court, and a provisional stay granted on the "emergency docket" that the Court seems to be so fond of. Also, "a cheap act of revenge" seems to me to hit the nail right on the head.
Why did the government push this real ID program if they are now going to turn around and say you can use your real ID for every purpose in life, except voting, for which you have to purchase an expensive passport?
Yep, to get my REAL ID I had to provide birth certificate and marriage and divorce documents to show how I got to my current last name. Surely having that ID should satisfy all their requirements?????? I'm wondering how many of the people ICE has picked up have REAL IDs?
Republicans, in passing this, would be nakedly admitting to what is already obvious: Trump wants permanent power and a one-party state with himself at the head of it. Rule of the most ruthless and an end to the American experiment.
Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan's 5th dist. told me at a Bedford Township Town Hall on 2/20/25 "if you can't afford a passport, maybe you shouldn't vote". He's a co sponsor.
A birth certificate doesn’t always match your current name. States require payment to obtain it. Nobody I know of changes their name on a birth certificate. To avoid poll taxation states would have to issue them for free. No state will ever do that. A birth certificate is really not a solution. Many if not most people don’t have a passport. That’s another huge charge.
So what’s the real solution? If one has a social security number and/or a valid driver license or non driver’s identification then that’s a photo identification. Driver’s licenses have to be renewed every 4 years. If that counts as a poll taxation then what do we use for voter identification?
I agree that voters should be able to get a free ID suitable for registration and voting. I think for people to have an ID is quite useful in daily life, not just voting. Perhaps having IDs would either negate the need for the SAVE Act and/or make it useless/fangless.
The elderly, who don't get out [much] don't have much use for an ID. This is asking them to somehow get to a motor vehicles office, for example, to get an ID they won't show to anyone, just to vote by mail.
I think by the time we reach "elderly" age [I am 74], we are no longer in the process of either registering to vote, nor without some form of identification for other needs of life.
If the GOP really wants the SAVE Act, they can add a requirement that all states make getting an ID suitable for registration and voting absolutely free of charge at every step of the way.
One can also ask the GOP what forms of ID are acceptable to them - that would be very enlightening.
Getting this ID, in whatever form it is, must be free, or it would be considered a poll tax, which is illegal. Better to just get rid of the requrement and the act itself, as it "solves" a nonexistent problem.
SAVE Act, as written, is a poll tax, plain and simple. Poll taxes are still illegal.
"The SAVE Act addresses a problem that does not exist and would have devastating consequences regarding the right to vote."
This statement is the crux of the whole issue. At the least, it's a cheap act of revenge for all of the court findings that no voter fraud existed in the 2020 election. At the worst, it's an unconstitutional invasion of privacy and an individuals' rights.
A possible scenarion: The Senate will finally pass this so close to the date of the midterm election that the courts will not have time to put a stop to it before it's enforcement hinders voting and tampers with the process. This illegal act needs to be done away with forthwith.
Should that happen, it ought to be a candidate for an instant appeal to the Supreme Court, and a provisional stay granted on the "emergency docket" that the Court seems to be so fond of. Also, "a cheap act of revenge" seems to me to hit the nail right on the head.
Why did the government push this real ID program if they are now going to turn around and say you can use your real ID for every purpose in life, except voting, for which you have to purchase an expensive passport?
It's a poll tax.
Yep, to get my REAL ID I had to provide birth certificate and marriage and divorce documents to show how I got to my current last name. Surely having that ID should satisfy all their requirements?????? I'm wondering how many of the people ICE has picked up have REAL IDs?
Republicans, in passing this, would be nakedly admitting to what is already obvious: Trump wants permanent power and a one-party state with himself at the head of it. Rule of the most ruthless and an end to the American experiment.
Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan's 5th dist. told me at a Bedford Township Town Hall on 2/20/25 "if you can't afford a passport, maybe you shouldn't vote". He's a co sponsor.
A birth certificate doesn’t always match your current name. States require payment to obtain it. Nobody I know of changes their name on a birth certificate. To avoid poll taxation states would have to issue them for free. No state will ever do that. A birth certificate is really not a solution. Many if not most people don’t have a passport. That’s another huge charge.
So what’s the real solution? If one has a social security number and/or a valid driver license or non driver’s identification then that’s a photo identification. Driver’s licenses have to be renewed every 4 years. If that counts as a poll taxation then what do we use for voter identification?
I agree that voters should be able to get a free ID suitable for registration and voting. I think for people to have an ID is quite useful in daily life, not just voting. Perhaps having IDs would either negate the need for the SAVE Act and/or make it useless/fangless.
The elderly, who don't get out [much] don't have much use for an ID. This is asking them to somehow get to a motor vehicles office, for example, to get an ID they won't show to anyone, just to vote by mail.
I think by the time we reach "elderly" age [I am 74], we are no longer in the process of either registering to vote, nor without some form of identification for other needs of life.
The only thing the GOP does is solve non-existent problems and add to the federal deficit.