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Rhiannon12866

(227,647 posts)
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 07:00 AM Jan 18

Republicans Reintroduce Controversial Voting Bill - Democracy Docket



Congressional Republicans reintroduced the SAVE Act, a piece of legislation to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain the bill, why it's harmful and how it will target young voters and women. - 01/18/2025.


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LiberalArkie

(17,240 posts)
1. If they are doing that, why not a proof of address when a person is voting? So someone living in Florida, voting in
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 08:43 AM
Jan 18

Florida can't also vote in Georgia?

Rhiannon12866

(227,647 posts)
2. Good point. I always vote at my assigned polling place (fire station) and they match my signature
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 08:55 AM
Jan 18

And when I worked on my congressman's campaign a few years back, when going door door, I was assigned to a couple of retirement communities and quite a few of them had already voted absentee by mail.

LiberalArkie

(17,240 posts)
3. Most people do not even change their voting info when they move across town to a different voting precinct
Sat Jan 18, 2025, 09:44 AM
Jan 18

really making their ballots invalid.

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