2 weeks Ago
Protect Americans’ right to vote Our democracy works best when every eligible voter, regardless of background, can make their voice heard. But the extreme SAVE Act threatens that right by imposing unnecessary and burdensome proof-of-citizenship requirements, making it significantly harder for millions of Americans to register and vote. This bill would force every voter to present proof of citizenship, primarily through a passport or an original birth certificate, documents many Americans don’t readily have, every time they register or update their registration — in person.
That means we, our loved ones and our neighbors could face insurmountable barriers: As it’s written now, the bill creates particular problems for military service members, tribal citizens, married women, naturalized citizens, rural voters and seniors. The SAVE Act is a solution in search of a problem. It’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, and election officials already verify voter eligibility using secure state and federal data.
This bill does nothing to improve election security, it only makes voting harder for law-abiding citizens. Congress should reject this dangerous bill and focus on ensuring that all eligible Americans have fair and equal access to the ballot box. Instead of erecting new barriers, we should be working to make voting more accessible for all eligible Americans.
Donna Rhodes, Boulder Elections have consequences Mr. Trump and his handler, Elon, might as well change the Department of Government Efficiency to Dictating (literally and figuratively) Our Government’s Extinction. Truly an efficient way to recycle the acronym DOGE while masking the subterfuge from the cult.
Speaking of the cult and Mr. Trump’s 77.3 million voters.
How many of you have experienced the purge in the U.S. Government? How many of you will be impacted by cuts to Medicaid/Medicare? Plans on hold for that home remodel with the on/off/on tariff on Canadian lumber? How many will be feeling the impact of larger tax cuts for corporate America and the wealthiest amongst us? How’s the continuing bite at the pump and grocery store hindering your household? With the stock market in a tailspin how many are comfortable with the Republican/MAGA push to privatize Social Security? And, lest one forget, cancel the French champagne order for the 2026 New Year’s celebration.
Whether agreeing or disagreeing with former President Barrack Obama and his statement “elections have consequences,” it certainly rings true today. One can only hope the aforementioned 77.3 million voters recognize the “consequences” our entire population and country will suffer for the coming four years.
Elections do indeed have consequences and the ramifications have only just begun. RC Lloyd, Longmont.
