He is now threatening not to sign any other bills until Congress passes the SAVE America Act.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/56508353

Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to withhold his signature from all bills until Congress passes a GOP-led voting bill that implements voter restrictions ahead of the November midterms.

“I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY – ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.

The bill, called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, requires individuals to show citizenship documents to register to vote and strict forms of photo ID to cast a ballot. If passed, the legislation would also administer criminal penalties for election officials who register anyone lacking the required documents.

As my colleague Ari Berman wrote in February, the bill would potentially block tens of millions of Americans from voting. Nine percent of American citizens, or approximately 21 million people, don’t have ready access to citizenship documents. The bill may impact millions of US citizens in other ways: tens of millions of women who took their partner’s last name, for example, may not have a birth certificate that matches their legal name could find it more difficult to register.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
    222·
    23 hours ago

    SAVE will disenfranchise an insane number of people. But, ironically, it is expected to disenfranchise significantly more republicans and “low education voters” as college educated voters are much more likely to have an income that makes international travel (and thus passports) viable. And… Brown People™ have been getting their papers in order for years.

    But its also very important to understand: We have already seen the plan for January. The chuds just won’t swear in any new democrats (except for platner, of course).

    • Ferrous@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      23 hours ago

      But, ironically, it is expected to disenfranchise significantly more republicans

      This seems more like a hypothesis of yours rather than a well-understood expectation. Let me get this straight: you think the SAVE act is going to protect voting rights of previously-disenfranchised voters? That seems unlikely, and i dont think many share your theory.

      And… Brown People™ have been getting their papers in order for years.

      What do you mean by this? Are you saying people of color are unique positioned to gain from the SAVE act? Why do you think this?

      More than 3.8 million adult U.S. citizens lack any form of citizenship documents, such as a birth certificate, passport, or naturalization papers, according to UMD’s Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement.

      This is a critical issue among people of color. Three percent said they had no document at all, compared to 1% of white citizens.

      Another 11% of people of color, or some 8.4 million people, cannot readily access citizenship documents compared to 8% of white Americans.

      The issue cuts across political affiliation, too. Independents were more likely than Democrats and Republicans to lack citizenship documents or not have ready access to them.

      Young people, aged 18 to 24, are also less likely to have access. Many young people may not know where their birth certificate is stored or it may be in another location, another state, with parents or other family members, the center’s analysis suggested.

      https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-the-save-america-act-would-make-major-changes-to-voting

      In short, it seems like youre shrugging off this issue to “they’ll never achieve this” at a time when it is increasingly clear that the right has the power to do pretty much whatever they want - most often successfully.