ISSUES
ACTION ALERT - Feb. 24, 2025
SAVE Act Could Prevent Millions From Voting
Call your reps TODAY:
Senator John Fetterman
Washington DC Office: 202.224.4254
Harrisburg Office: 717.782.3951
Senator Dave McCormick
Washington DC Office: 202.224.6324
State College Office: 814.357.0314
U.S. House Rep Glenn GT Thompson
Washington DC Office: 202.225.5121
Bellefonte Office: 814.353-0215
Restrictions in the SAVE Act would require eligible American citizens to take their passport or certified birth certificate IN PERSON to register to vote. A driver’s license would not be sufficient.
Married women who have changed their names wouldn’t be able to use their birth certificates. This could impact 69 million women nationwide.
The SAVE Act would eliminate online voter registrations, motor-voter registrations, any voter registration done by organizations like LWV.
It will be expensive for states to implement. Appearing in person is a hardship. Finding suitable documents may be difficult. It will be especially challenging for minority, elderly and rural voters.
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) ACT will suppress the votes of millions of eligible Americans. Voter fraud is EXTREMELY rare and we already have laws requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
H.R.1/S.1: For the People Act
The For the People Act is the democracy reform bill the American people want and deserve. This legislation will put power back into the hands of American voters by making voting easier and more accessible and by modernizing future elections. Over the last two years, we saw it pass the House or Representatives, but get stalled at the Senate. With the start of the 117th Congress it is imperative that the For the People Act once more become a top priority. The For the People Act addresses some of the most pressing issues facing our democracy because it will:
Restore the Voting Rights Act
Modernize our voter registration system
Update the public financing of elections through small donor matching funds
Curb partisan gerrymandering, and
Make campaign contributions more transparent.
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Additional resources:
Redistricting State Legislative Boundaries
Watch this video Dysfunction by Design: How PA State House Rules Game the System, Silence Debate, and Damage Democracy presented by Tony Crocamo, Fair Districts PA Advocacy Team Member.
Redistricting the latest on redistricting from Spotlight PA.
Follow the process in The Legislative Guide to Redistricting in Pennsylvania
Fair Districts PA provides web resources to understand The Problem, the Solution, and to follow Fair Districts’ Progress. Materials are available for your outreach and advocacy. TAKE ACTION!
Judicial Redistricting
House Bill 38: A proposed amendment to the PA Constitution organizing the Judiciary into representative districts and further providing for residency requirements was “Laid on the table, Jan. 13, 2021.” It will not be on the May 18 ballot.