Call script to object to SAVE Act

[chestnut_pod]

The SAVE Act is a mass-disenfranchisement act which would require every voter to show proof of citizenship bearing their current name when registering to vote. The implications seem obvious.

If you have Republican congresspeople, or if your Democratic congresspeople have been shaky, please use this script to call and urge them to reject this bill.

Democrats in the House who've been wobbly include:
Shomari Figures
Josh Harder
Jared Moskowitz
April McClain Delaney
Kristen McDonald Rivet
Jared Golden
Donald Davis
Tom Suozzi
John Mannion
Susie Lee
Marcy Kaptur
Vicente Gonzalez
Henry Cuellar
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

And Democratic senators who voted for the Laken Riley Act:
Catherine Cortez Masto
John Fetterman
Ruben Gallego
Maggie Hassan
Mark Kelly
John Ossoff
Gary Peters
Jacky Rosen
Jeanne Shaheen
Elissa Slotkin
Mark Warner
Raphael Warnock

Comments

[otter]

Thank you. Especially for the list of wobblers

[chestnut_pod]

I canvassed for one of those wobblers and wrote postcards for another and am feeling exceedingly put-out with them >:(

[rydra_wong]

The implications seem obvious.

There's also the apparently-not-so-obvious implication that, as written, it would make it much harder for a large percentage of married women to vote.

If your current name (for which you have photo ID) is not the same as the name on your birth certificate, and you don't have a passport, you're screwed.

There's a very hand-wave-y bit directing states to "establish a process under which an applicant can provide such additional documentation" to prove citizenship, but with no details as to how.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/feb/17/tiktok-posts/save-act-would-make-it-harder-not-impossible-for-m/

[semielliptical]

Contacted my Senators!

[chestnut_pod]

Yay, thank you!

[fabrisse]

We need Ossoff and Warnock in the Senate. The death occurred here in Georgia and the fastest way to turn those seats Republican was for them to vote against it. The second fastest would have been to abstain.

Please don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. One of the deepest red states has a Jewish, Democratic Senator and a liberal black reverend for their second senator. We need them to explain things to the other Southerners in the Senate.

[chestnut_pod]

I don’t think I am in any way doing that, given I helped elect Ossoff at least — I merely say that they have been voting unreliably and thus likely need an extra push to ensure they don’t vote for this one.

[fabrisse]

And my point is that to keep them in the Senate, especially Ossoff who is up for re-election next year, they may need to vote in favor. I don't like it, but as someone who's been a minor elected official and who's been around politics most of my adult life, we may need to look at their practicalities.

I don't like it any more than you do, but we need to keep the good we have for as long as possible in this fight. Ossoff's religion has been referred to negatively in my hearing here in Savannah, a place that has the oldest continuous Jewish congregation in the United States. If he votes against this bill, he will be othered even more than he already is. Warnock might get away with abstaining, but the political reality is, if Ossoff votes against it, he may have already lost the 2026 election.

[chestnut_pod]

Well, I disagree with this risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis, but it’s here to be read by visitors to this post, who can make their own decisions. I hope this resource can be useful to those who want it. Let’s disengage.