We are all committed to fighting the SAVE Act vigorously — but it doesn't help to focus on the threat without including the context that millions of Americans are mounting an effective grassroots opposition to the corruption and lies embodied in this bill, and that there is very little chance it can pass under the current conditions in the Congress (see Today's Edition Newsletter by Robert Hubbell for details). Let's focus on our empowerment and not on fears of a negative outcome!
It’s not fears, because I’m certain after yesterday, Trump is going to make sure it gets done no matter what else occurs.
Prepare for the worst when November hits, or don’t be shocked when you were caught off guard celebrating prematurely for the moment: they realize without this, toast in the House, en route if Trump stays at only 41.3% approval (this is his 2nd term lowest) to maybe even losing the state/local legislative majorities, and only being able to save the Senate and Gubernatorial majorities if they don’t get this done by midterms…Trump has made no secret, his top priority, get the required ID now before it’s too late (it’s getting too late, btw, they’re already pulling tricks on oh well the seal on this birth certificate is that way or oh this ID is not enhanced in drivers’ license form etc).
Also, ICE will be at the polls this November, guaranteed.
Please write about the unequal treatment of acts that help voters (like punishment for helping a voter understand a voting machine) and acts that hurt voters (like no punishment for challenging a voter's correct address, and no notification of such a challenge to the voter).
Please put the information at the beginning of one of these articles. The information is interesting, the search for the useful content is a problem. The useful content could be bullet points at the beginning.
The blatant unequal treatment of voter help and voter harm has caused me to consider challenging the voting rights of the right wing members of my family. I will suffer no consequences. They will receive the treatment they voted for.
One of the things I’m still not seeing enough of in all the discussions of the SAVE act is what it does to states with 100% mail voting. There are several including mine - Oregon. The states are California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont and Washington as well as DC and other states have mail voting for specific elections.
Oregon has been all mail voting since the late 90s. We don’t have polling places or the infrastructure for them beyond someone who loses their mail ballot going to a county election office. We certainly are unlikely to be able to reconstitute them by November at whatever it would cost to do so. Entire states might be disenfranchised, at least in part. Which I suppose is part of the plan.
It does seem that the SAVE act is directly targeting mail in ballots, (in certain states, military, elderly, etc). which we know Trump wants to end. He also knows that he can run out the 'Clock' as a stall tactic by keeping the law suits stalled in court system. I agree that the SAVE act is important to keeping Trump in power. Dems have no good options but have to try to educate public as to it's unconstitutionality, which prevents ability to exercise 'right to vote. (like poll tax)
We are all committed to fighting the SAVE Act vigorously — but it doesn't help to focus on the threat without including the context that millions of Americans are mounting an effective grassroots opposition to the corruption and lies embodied in this bill, and that there is very little chance it can pass under the current conditions in the Congress (see Today's Edition Newsletter by Robert Hubbell for details). Let's focus on our empowerment and not on fears of a negative outcome!
It’s not fears, because I’m certain after yesterday, Trump is going to make sure it gets done no matter what else occurs.
Prepare for the worst when November hits, or don’t be shocked when you were caught off guard celebrating prematurely for the moment: they realize without this, toast in the House, en route if Trump stays at only 41.3% approval (this is his 2nd term lowest) to maybe even losing the state/local legislative majorities, and only being able to save the Senate and Gubernatorial majorities if they don’t get this done by midterms…Trump has made no secret, his top priority, get the required ID now before it’s too late (it’s getting too late, btw, they’re already pulling tricks on oh well the seal on this birth certificate is that way or oh this ID is not enhanced in drivers’ license form etc).
Also, ICE will be at the polls this November, guaranteed.
Please write about the unequal treatment of acts that help voters (like punishment for helping a voter understand a voting machine) and acts that hurt voters (like no punishment for challenging a voter's correct address, and no notification of such a challenge to the voter).
Please put the information at the beginning of one of these articles. The information is interesting, the search for the useful content is a problem. The useful content could be bullet points at the beginning.
The blatant unequal treatment of voter help and voter harm has caused me to consider challenging the voting rights of the right wing members of my family. I will suffer no consequences. They will receive the treatment they voted for.
Profoundly informative!
One of the things I’m still not seeing enough of in all the discussions of the SAVE act is what it does to states with 100% mail voting. There are several including mine - Oregon. The states are California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont and Washington as well as DC and other states have mail voting for specific elections.
Oregon has been all mail voting since the late 90s. We don’t have polling places or the infrastructure for them beyond someone who loses their mail ballot going to a county election office. We certainly are unlikely to be able to reconstitute them by November at whatever it would cost to do so. Entire states might be disenfranchised, at least in part. Which I suppose is part of the plan.
Rural Utah depends on mail in voting, as do other rural areas.
FYI, I asked AI about the median income in my county, and it said it went down in 2025.
This may be a useful question for everyone to ask.
Excellent point!
It does seem that the SAVE act is directly targeting mail in ballots, (in certain states, military, elderly, etc). which we know Trump wants to end. He also knows that he can run out the 'Clock' as a stall tactic by keeping the law suits stalled in court system. I agree that the SAVE act is important to keeping Trump in power. Dems have no good options but have to try to educate public as to it's unconstitutionality, which prevents ability to exercise 'right to vote. (like poll tax)