1. United States
2. N.C.
3. Letter

Please protect my vote. VOTE NO on the SAVE ACT. No matter the intention of this bill, it ultimately disenfranchises millions of voters, especially married women who changed their names when married. More than 140 million Americans do not have a passport. 69 million married women have changes their names and therefore their legal name is different than the name on their birth certificates. There are already sufficient documentation requirements to be able to register to vote. . As required by federal law, Americans must provide either the last four digits of their Social Security number or their driver’s license number on a voter registration application in order to provide election officials with the necessary information to verify their identity and voting eligibility. The SAVE Act seeks to upend this process and turn a relatively well-oiled system—where officials are tasked with the work of verification—and, instead, make every single American citizen put in the work, time, and resources to exercise their constitutional right to vote and convince the government that they’re eligible. This bill would require Americans to provide documentary proof of citizenship, in person, when they register to vote and every time they update their voter registration information. This is going to be a huge obstacle for rural voters, which I am sure you know we have a lot of in North Carolina. This is NOT a popular bill.