SAVE Act warning issued: "Amounts to a poll tax"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : We should want varying viewpoints because we know that when everybody's at the table and has input and shared opinion, that's typically what produces the best result of public policy.
58% : Many older Black Americans also do not have birth certificates as they were denied hospital births due to segregation.
55% : If the SAVE Act were passed, many Americans already registered to vote may have to re-register using paper proof of citizenship.
54% : Proponents of the SAVE Act and other voter ID laws have pointed out that Americans need proof of ID to get a driver's license or to open a bank account.
54% : " Some political observers online have stated that the SAVE Act passed Congress.
53% : Why isn't my elected leader doing more to protect that and to ensure that I have access?'" Jonathan Diaz, director of voting advocacy and partnerships at Campaign Legal Center, previously told Newsweek: "The top line is that the SAVE Act would create really significant new burdens on Americans to register to vote.
51% : Roy told Newsweek that the SAVE Act allows states to make their own rules to provide evidence of a name change.
49% : A leading voting rights advocate has compared the SAVE Act, a bill requiring Americans to provide paper proof of citizenship to vote, to a poll tax.
46% : "And so I think people should ask themselves, whether it's married women, whether it's low income or disenfranchised voters, whether it's folks who come from certain communities, 'Why is it that my right to vote is under attack?
43% : Robinson is warning that the SAVE Act could result in similar financial pressures.
35% : The 24th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1964, prohibits federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during presidential or congressional elections.
35% : " Roy denied that the SAVE Act would impact citizens registering to vote, telling Newsweek: "This bill isn't being attacked because it'll exclude citizens from voting -- it won't." A June 2024 study from the Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement found that 21.3 million people cannot readily access their citizenship documents.

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