1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

The SAVE Act poses a grave threat to voting rights and risks disenfranchising millions of eligible American citizens. Its burdensome requirements for documentary proof of citizenship, such as demanding passports or specific combinations of documents that many people lack easy access to, create unnecessary and unacceptable barriers to exercising the fundamental democratic right to vote. This regressive legislation is grounded in false narratives about noncitizen voting rather than facts. Existing secure systems are already in place in states like Colorado to prevent the minuscule number of ineligible voters. Instead of erecting obstacles, we should expand access and strengthen election infrastructure through measures like the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Our priority must be safeguarding every citizen's ability to participate in our democracy freely and fairly.