#Poll Tax

NEW: Former VP Harris says Democrats are strong going into the midterms but accuses Republicans of making it "systematically" harder for people to vote. "The SAVE Act, that they keep pushing — so what that would do, is for new registrants to vote, to prove your identity, you'd have to have a birth certificate or passport. Well, passports cost at least $100 to get. So can you say poll tax?"

The SAVE America Act will throw our elections into chaos — confusing voters and imposing a modern-day poll tax. Republicans are trying to tilt the playing field because they can’t win on their ideas. We should expand access to the ballot, not restrict it.

A new rule could prevent millions of young voters from REGISTERING to vote in 2026. The Election Assistance Commission is considering a petition pushed by Stephen Miller's group which would require proof of citizenship just to register to vote: this is not just a voter ID, this is a xenophobic and racist de facto poll tax. If nobody speaks out against this, it is going to become policy by silence. They are counting on us not noticing, but we know, and it just takes one minute of your time to sign.

Under the Republican SAVE Act, millions of Americans who don't have a passport could have to pay $165 just to register to vote. @senatordurbin: “Kind of like a poll tax, isn't it?”

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The SAVE Act is a poll tax and if @gop really cared about this, they’d give everyone free IDs

The SAVE Act is a poll tax on women. This bill requires documents proving citizenship with names matching your current legal name. 69 million American women don’t have birth certificates matching their current names. The cost to vote: Birth certificate: $20-34 Passport: $100+ Marriage certificate: $10-30 Time off work Poll taxes were outlawed in 1964. When voting costs money, it’s unconstitutional. Most married women changed their names years ago and no longer have those marriage certificates. Now they’d have to pay just to prove they can vote. Call your Senators. Vote NO on the SAVE Act. #VotingRights #SAVEAct #PollTax #WomensRights

“It’s Essentially a Poll Tax” — Kamala Harris Opposes SAVE Act, Asks “Save who?” Calling it “essentially a poll tax,” Harris argued that the proposal would require Americans to prove citizenship through documents like a passport or birth certificate just to register to vote. She also questioned the real purpose of the measure with a pointed jab: “Save who?” Her argument is simple: when millions of Americans do not have passports and the cost of getting one can run well over $100, new paperwork rules can become voting barriers. #KamalaHarris #SAVEAct #VotingRights #USPolitics #ElectionNews #VoterRegistration #PoliticalDebate #Kamala #BreakingPolitics #ElectionLaw

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That one time when Republicans, panicking about getting stomped in the upcoming midterm elections, attempted to force the SAVE America Act through the Senate, a bill which threatens to eliminate voting rights for millions of Americans. The SAVE Act is a solution in search of a problem. Sold as a way to make elections more secure, the restrictive legislation would bar people from registering to vote unless they are able to show a passport or a birth certificate with a name matching their photo ID. If that law were passed today, would you be eligible to vote? Millions of your fellow citizens would not. In a database of proven election fraud cases since 1982 maintained by the Heritage Foundation, they found just 98 cases of alien ineligible voting across the entire U.S.. So why threaten the voting rights of every American and create an overburdened election system for a percentage of a percent? Considering a passport is a document most Americans do not have, and which costs $150 to obtain, that amounts to a poll tax. What’s more, 69 million American women who change their name when they get married no longer match the name on their birth certificate, creating an even more messy situation. While Republicans are pretending that the SAVE Act is a mere ‘voter ID’ law, the truth is it is far more sinister. In addition to the restrictive limitations when registering to vote, the Senate’s version would require voters to provide these documents when actually voting unless the state has been regularly handing over their voter rolls to the Department of Homeland Security for comparison with the agency’s citizenship verification tool. A similar law was previously tested in Kansas, so we have a good idea of what the SAVE Act could do. Before the law was put into place in Kansas, just 0.002% of registered voters were noncitizens. After the law took effect, 31,000 eligible citizens were blocked from registering to vote.

Two‑thirds of Black Americans don’t have a current passport, and many who do have documents face mismatches with their IDs — especially women who’ve changed names. The SAVE Act hits young, Black, and low‑income voters first. Even trying to comply is costly: a $165 passport functions like a poll tax, and recent policy changes block libraries from helping people get these documents. Tell your senators: keep SAVE off the floor and vote no.

When did it become racist to require voter identification? The SAVE Act will require, on a federal level, voter identification during elections and proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Some view this as a new version of Jim Crow poll taxes while others say this is the best way to protect the right of US citizens to vote. . . . #voting #saveact #voterid #polltax #election