Schumer bezeichnet den SAVE America Act als einen der „verabscheuungswürdigsten“ Gesetzesentwürfe, die er je gesehen hat

It’s a voter suppression bill. It’s meant to make America a fully fascist country.

> “Donald Trump believes he’s going to lose the election. He knows his numbers are in the gutter. And so what does he want to do? Well, he wants to cheat. He wants to steal the election like he did in 2021 in a different way,” Schumer declared.

Democracy needs to be saved from The Republicans (or more accurately The Authoritarians.)

I’m surprised he didnt say something like „there are good things in it an I urge my colleagues to reconsider.“

Or wait, is this finally that „perfect pitch“ that Jefferies and Schumer kept saying that they were waiting to swing at?

^lol…

Oh god he’s going to vote for it isn’t he.

So despicable he’ll only let 4 democrats support it.

Well, then he should do something about it.  Instead of being concerned and appalled.

This is a real ‚Make Trump a King‘ bill. Only people prepared to sell their country down the toilet would vote for it, bona fide traitors.

[An effort similar to the SAVE Act was tried once, but was blocked by courts when over 30,000 eligible citizens were prevented from registering to vote](https://fortune.com/2026/03/14/save-act-citizenship-documents-elections-registering-vote-senate/)

>Republican messaging has mostly highlighted a less divisive provision in the bill that would require voters to show a photo ID, but the mandate for people to provide documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections is likely to have the most wide-ranging consequences. Noncitizens already are prohibited from voting in federal elections, and it is not allowed by any state. Cases where it occurs are rare.

>Obtaining the necessary documents under the SAVE Act is not as easy as it might sound. A similar effort was tried in Kansas a decade ago and turned into a debacle that eventually was blocked by the courts after more than 30,000 eligible citizens were prevented from registering.

>*A long list of documents to use, but with caveats*
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The list of qualifying documents in the SAVE Act for proving citizenship appears long, but many of them come with qualifiers.

>Under the bill, a REAL ID -compliant driver’s license would have to indicate that “the applicant is a citizen,” but not all do. Only five states — Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont and Washington — offer the type of enhanced REAL IDs that explicitly indicate U.S. citizenship.

>Standard driver’s licenses, generally available to both citizens and noncitizens, often do not include a citizenship indicator. Some states, including Ohio, have recently added them.

>The stipulations continue, buried in the fine print.

>While military ID cards are listed as qualifying documents under the act, they will not suffice on their own. The bill says a military ID must be accompanied by a military “record of service” that indicates the person’s birthplace was in the U.S.

>A DD214, the current standard-issue certificate of release or discharge for all military service branches, does not currently fulfill that requirement. According to the Pentagon, that document only lists where someone lived at points of entry and discharge and a person’s current home of record. It does not list where someone was born.

>*Obtaining a passport requires time and money*

>For most provisions, the SAVE Act contains no phase-in period that would give voters and local election offices time to adjust. If passed by Congress and signed by Trump, its documentary proof-of-citizenship mandate would apply immediately, meaning it would be in place for this year’s midterm elections.

>That could lead to a rush to obtain documents by those who want to register or need to reregister. A 2025 University of Maryland study estimates that 21.3 million Americans who are eligible to vote do not have or have easy access to documents to prove their citizenship, including nearly 10% of Democrats, 7% of Republicans and 14% of people unaffiliated with either major party.

>A passport would most effectively meet the requirement, but only about half of American adults have one, according to the State Department, and the SAVE Act requires the passport to be current. An expired one does not count.

>Obtaining a passport in time for a looming voter registration deadline is another potential hurdle.

>Workers who process passports had layoffs at the State Departmentreversed, but just last month the department forbid passport processing at certain public libraries that had long helped relieve pressure at the department. Government libraries, post offices, county clerks and others still provide the service.

>It takes four weeks to six weeks to get a passport, according to the department’s website, excluding mailing time. A new passport costs $165 for adults while renewals cost $130, and the photo costs $10 or $20 more. The turnaround time can be sped up to two weeks or three weeks for an additional $60 — and for even faster processing, add $22 more. The fully expedited process for a new passport would cost at least $257.

>*Birth and marriage certificates*

>A birth certificate may be a quicker and cheaper choice for most people, but there are twists.

>The SAVE Act requires a certified birth certificate issued by a state, local government or tribal government. What does not appear to qualify is the certificate signed by the doctor that many new parents are given in the hospital when their child is born. It provides information similar to a certified birth certificate, but would not meet the letter of the federal legislation.

>Like passports, birth certificates can sometimes take weeks to obtain. Those who live near their birthplaces can visit the local vital statistics office, but staffing shortages and escalating demand for REAL IDs have caused significant backlogs in some states. In New York, the waiting period for certified copies is four months, the state said. Average processing times for online certificate requests vary widely by state, from as few as three days to 12 weeks or longer.

>People whose birth certificates don’t match their current IDs — mostly women who changed their names when they married — would likely need additional documentation to register to vote under the bill. A 2023 Pew Research Center survey found about 80% of women in opposite-sex marriages in the U.S. take their husband’s last name.

>*A major change to the voting process, but with no extra money*

>Notably, the SAVE Act does not provide any money to help states and local governments implement the changes or promote them to voters.

It’s a poll tax, plain and simple. And poll taxes are *always* means of voter suppression.

And he’s been in congress for 250 years , so that is really Saying something 

Every time I see the man’s name I cringe at the thought that he is going to be the one leading the charge to save democracy.

Because he’s really not up to the task.

There is a charisma deficit in the resistance party’s leadership class.

You already cannot register to vote if you are not a US citizen. What even is the point of this bill?

If this ends up passing, there needs to be a program to help black and brown people and women figure out how to get identification..it will be really important and they will need our help.

Those are strong words for a spineless brown nosing prick like Schumer. That’s how you know it’s actually really bad