Trump's SAVE America Act would end voter registration drives nationwide

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story/States Newsroom

April 5, 2026 8:20PM ET


Before Wyoming elections, the state’s League of Women Voters tries to get voter registration information into the hands of residents at events and gatherings. But under state law, League volunteers can’t sign up voters themselves — only local election officials can do that. “It’s been tough,” said Linda Barton, president of the League of Women Voters of Wyoming. She added that her group does its best to offer registration information. “We provide a lot of printed literature that we hand out all over the state.” Congress may take Wyoming’s approach nationwide.

The SAVE America Act would effectively ban voter registration drives, a mainstay of college campuses and neighborhood events. The U.S. Senate began debating a version of President Donald Trump’s signature elections measure last month, after the House passed it in February. The legislation would require voters to show photo identification to cast a ballot. It would also require individuals to present documents proving their citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, to government officials in person to register to vote.

Trump and Republican members of Congress have cast the proposal as necessary to secure elections and crack down on noncitizen voters ahead of the midterms. Democrats and other critics warn it risks disenfranchising wide swaths of Americans. Studies have shown noncitizen voting is extremely rare.

In many states, civic groups have long provided applications to would-be voters that they can quickly fill out. During the 2024 election cycle, voter registration drives accounted for 3.7% of registrations, according to survey data from the federal Election Assistance Commission. While a small percentage, the figure still represents 2.1 million Americans. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia placed no restrictions on voter registration drives as of November 2024, according to the Movement Advancement Project, a Colorado-based think tank. An additional 24 states impose some limits, while Wyoming and New Hampshire prohibit them.

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[Whip-poor-will]

1. True democracy ?

True democracy would vote for direct democracy, whenever possible it's what they fear most.

They fear "reprehensible "Representative democracy would be exposed as the fraud that it is.

The constitutional requirement is one representative for every 30,000 population but the elites sold us 435 represent ives as a perfectly democratic way to run a country ,nice neat and totally bribeable.

Test: would direct democracy have voted for this war already owing some $35 trillion for past losing wars ?

[JohnnyRingo]

2. One of the worst parts as I understand it...

...is that in order to obtain a mail in ballot the voter has to present themselves in person at the local Board of Elections with a proper ID or drivers license.

That kind of defeats the whole purpose for most people who physically can't go and stand in line to vote. Shut ins, people in the hospital, and the disabled could just give up and not vote at all. ...as intended.

[sakabatou]

6. Yup. Disenfranchisement.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. "in order to obtain a mail in ballot the voter has to present themselves in person at the local Board of Elections"

That would also negate anyone living an/or working overseas, including citizens in the military or out in space (like our astronauts who are normally on extended stays on the ISS, and who voted via an electronic transmission, during the 2024 general).

How NASA Astronauts Vote from Space Aboard International Space Station

[JohnnyRingo]

9. They specified the military would be exempted

They would go through a process of identification at the base

[BumRushDaShow]

10. But on the ISS?

Maybe they can get that GOP FEMA loon to "teleport" there to do the verification - Top FEMA Official Doubles Down on Claim He Teleported to Waffle House

[valleyrogue]

3. It is DOA. n/t

[Lonestarblue]

4. If Democrats take back control of both house if Congress, they need to protect voting rights.

The Supreme Court has gutted many protections and Republicans are trying to finish the job to prevent young people, women, and minorities from voting.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. "If Democrats take back control of both house if Congress, they need to protect voting rights."

We tried when we took the Presidency AND Senate (by a tie vote, with VP Harris breaking the tie) after the 2020 election, but did not have the 60 votes needed in the Senate to follow through (which is what the GOP's "problem" is with respect to the SAVE Act - not having the 60 votes).

These are the current bills Democrats have ready, to be updated, and voted on -

The For the People Act (closes many loopholes and protects voting rights for federal elections)

John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (which would restore Sections 4 & 5 of the VRA that John Roberts tossed that mandated FEDERAL oversight over designated states when they try to make any changes in their voting rules)

[ck4829]

5. Huh... You'd think with the "golden age" they tell us is going on, they'd WANT voters to be signed up left and right

Just a little weird