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Lunch and Learn: SAVE Act
January 20 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
How does new legislation actually suppress voter access?
Kathy Straits and Katrina Larsen, LWVSCV
Karrie Waver, Attorney and Chief Elections Inspector, Hudson, WI
Frederic Public Library
127 Oak Street West
Frederic, WI 54837
Learn the full impact of this proposed legislation.
As it is, this law makes it more difficult for voters – – to participate in elections. It establishes barriers for new voters. It has the potential to disenfranchise over 60 million married women or anyone who has changed their last name!
Americans do not need MORE obstacles to vote. The SAVE Act would create one more barrier to the voting process, as many eligible voters do not have easy access to the necessary documents. Compared to white US citizens, citizens of color are three times more likely to lack documents such as birth certificates, passports, naturalization certificates, or certificates of citizenship or face difficulties accessing them. For example, while approximately half of all American adults possess a passport, two-thirds of Black Americans do not.