Rep. Scanlon (D-PA): The SAVE Act was “crafted with the help of election deniers and some of the architects of Project 2025”
Media Matters previously reported on Rep Chip Roy (R-TX)'s collaboration with Cleta Mitchell and others on the noncitizen voting bill
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Citation From the September 10, 2024, House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government hearing
REP. MARY GAY SCANLON (D-PA): This week, less than two months before the presidential election, House Republicans have threatened to shut down the government unless the Senate agrees to pass the anti-voter bill under consideration in this committee today.
The SAVE Act would impose unnecessary obstacles upon the ability of American citizens to register and vote and would do real tangible harm to our democracy by preventing American citizens from voting, by causing chaos at election bureaus, and by undermining faith in election results.
This legislation, crafted with the help of election deniers and some of the architects of Project 2025, is part and parcel with Republicans' ongoing effort to undermine faith in our elections and to create unnecessary barriers to casting a vote, particularly by suppressing the votes of young Americans, communities of color, and language minorities. Former President Trump and his allies are once again using the same old playbook, spreading a noncitizen voter lie as part of a cynical campaign to undermine faith in our election systems