{"id":2421738,"date":"2025-04-09T16:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-common-lies-about-the-save-act-and-how-to-refute-them\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:22:04","slug":"5-common-lies-about-the-save-act-and-how-to-refute-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-common-lies-about-the-save-act-and-how-to-refute-them\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Common Lies About The SAVE Act \u2014 And How To Refute Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F5-common-lies-about-the-save-act-and-how-to-refute-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2421738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The republican-led House is preparing to vote on the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which mandates documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration.Proponents argue that this legislation is necessary to ensure the integrity of elections and to prevent illegal voting by non-citizens. Critics, including various media outlets and activists, assert that the Act poses notable barriers to voting, particularly impacting married women and communities of color, citing that many lack access to necessary documents like birth certificates or passports.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters counter these claims by stating that name changes upon marriage are manageable and that most voters are already registered with accurate documentation.They assert that the Act includes provisions for individuals with discrepancies in thier documents and maintains that requiring proof of citizenship aligns with existing federal requirements for employment.<\/p>\n<p>Critics also argue that many Americans already struggle to obtain citizenship documents, making the SAVE Act a form of voter suppression. Though, supporters believe it is indeed crucial to prevent non-citizen voting and argue that current laws lack sufficient enforcement. They emphasize that illegal voting still occurs despite existing prohibitions, thus justifying the need for the SAVE Act.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the debate centers around election integrity versus access to voting, with both sides presenting strong arguments and highlighting the potential consequences of the legislation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Republican-led House is slated to hold another vote on the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/22\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">would require<\/a> documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, the propaganda press and left-wing activists have resorted to spreading lies about the legislation to convince the American people that it should be opposed. But these lies are purposely designed to guilt Americans into sacrificing their right to free and fair elections. <strong>Here&rsquo;s how to refute them.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<h2>&lsquo;Married Women Could Lose Voting Access&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>So reads a headline from the <a href=\"https:\/\/azmirror.com\/2025\/03\/24\/save-act-would-mean-arizonas-1-5-million-married-women-could-lose-voting-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AZ Mirror<\/a> regarding the SAVE Act. Plenty of other <a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2025\/03\/save-act-voting-married-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlets<\/a> are spreading the same propaganda. It was echoed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/what-is-the-save-act-trump-voting-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teen Vogue<\/a>, which said the SAVE Act creates &ldquo;unnecessary and discriminatory barriers&rdquo; for married women and other groups<strong> <\/strong>by creating &ldquo;excessive documentation requirements.&rdquo; California Democrat Sen. Alex Padilla&rsquo;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/padilla-raises-alarm-to-state-election-officials-on-save-act-warns-it-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">peddled the talking point<\/a> as well, claiming &ldquo;the bill could restrict the right to vote for approximately 69 million married women whose legal names differ from their birth certificate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cleta Mitchell, senior legal fellow at the Conservative Partnership Institute, previously told <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/14\/leftists-claims-the-save-act-wont-let-married-women-vote-are-an-insult-to-their-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Federalist<\/a>, &ldquo;When women change their names upon marriage (or divorce) there is a process for changing \/ updating [their] name from birth certificate or a prior marriage.&rdquo; She noted how &ldquo;Millions of women do it every day so they can operate their lives under their married names.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/14\/leftists-claims-the-save-act-wont-let-married-women-vote-are-an-insult-to-their-intelligence\/\">Leftists&rsquo; Claims The SAVE Act Won&rsquo;t Let Married Women Vote Are An Insult To Their Intelligence<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas Congressman Chip Roy &mdash; who introduced the SAVE Act &mdash; told The Federalist, &ldquo;The left has manufactured fake news claiming that women&mdash;or anyone other than non-citizens&mdash;will somehow be prevented from voting. Virtually every married individual will have zero impact because they are already registered to vote, and their name is already documented.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For the tiny fraction of women &hellip; who have changed their name right before an election, the SAVE Act explicitly directs states to establish a process for individuals to register if there&rsquo;s a discrepancy in their documents, such as due to a name change,&rdquo; Roy said. &ldquo;By providing a mechanism to enforce the law, the SAVE Act protects every American citizen&rsquo;s right to vote, preventing their votes from being canceled out by non-citizens voting in federal elections.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<h2>The SAVE Act Would Disproportionately Affect Nonwhite Voters<\/h2>\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2025\/attorney-general-james-calls-congress-reject-voter-suppression-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement the SAVE Act would &ldquo;disproportionately impact communities of color, low-income individuals, and other vulnerable populations to create a dangerous precedent.&rdquo; Earlier this year, Stella Adams wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/msmagazine.com\/2025\/02\/11\/safe-act-voter-registration-women-black-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ms. Magazine<\/a> that the legislation would create &ldquo;disproportionate barriers for historically disenfranchised communities,&rdquo; noting how &ldquo;[n]early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/keeping-voters-off-rolls\/\">9 percent<\/a> of voting-age Black Americans lack access to birth certificates and passports, compared to 5.5 percent of white Americans.&rdquo; Countless left-wing organizations have also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/03\/left-wing-organizations-opposing-the-save-act-received-more-than-150-million-from-soros-groups-analysis\/\">peddled<\/a> similar claims while urging Congress to oppose the legislation. <\/p>\n<p>But as Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, explained to The Federalist, such claims, specifically regarding African American voters, suggest &ldquo;black Americans won&rsquo;t be able to cope with a proof of citizenship requirement for voting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Spakovsky noted how &ldquo;Federal immigration law &hellip; requires all employers to get documentation from new employees proving both their identity and citizenship, or if they are an alien, their identity and work permit.&rdquo; Therefore, &ldquo;any American citizen wanting to get a job &mdash; including black Americans &mdash; [already] have to provide documentation proving they are a U.S. citizen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the SAVE Act would apply requirements to voting that already exist for working in America. <\/p>\n<p>Spakovsky also noted how claims the SAVE Act would disproportionately affect nonwhite voters reflect the same line of argument activists used in the past to claim &ldquo;black Americans would not be able to vote due to [state voter ID requirements]&rdquo; &mdash; a claim <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/17\/wisconsin-voter-turnout-proves-everything-corporate-media-said-about-voter-id-was-a-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refuted<\/a> by voter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/election-integrity\/commentary\/another-study-refutes-lefts-false-claims-against-voter-id-and-secure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">turnout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/31\/trump-doj-dismisses-biden-era-suit-against-georgias-election-integrity-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READNEXT:[READNEXT:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/07\/5-dems-who-voted-for-election-security-reform-wont-say-if-theyll-support-the-save-act-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5 Dems Who Voted For Election Security Reform Won&rsquo;t Say If They&rsquo;ll Support The SAVE Act Again<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Americans Don&rsquo;t Have Easy Access To Citizenship Documents<\/h2>\n<p>Such a claim comes from outlets like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/12\/nx-s1-5301676\/save-act-explainer-voter-registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NPR<\/a>, which contends &ldquo;millions of Americans don&rsquo;t have easy access to proof-of-citizenship documents&rdquo; and &ldquo;obtaining these documents takes time and money.&rdquo; The Brennan Center for Justice recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/analysis-opinion\/voting-rights-act-60-congress-could-hit-new-low-save-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opposed<\/a> the SAVE Act on similar grounds,<strong> <\/strong>claiming more than 20 million Americans &ldquo;lack ready access&rdquo; to proof of citizenship documents like a birth certificate or passport. The group also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/analysis-opinion\/millions-americans-dont-have-documents-proving-their-citizenship-readily\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asserted<\/a> last year that nearly 4 million Americans &ldquo;don&rsquo;t have these documents at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As I <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/27\/21-million-voters-cant-provide-proof-of-citizenship-making-the-save-act-even-more-necessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously wrote<\/a>, &ldquo;The Brennan Center apparently relied on the honor system when performing its survey&rdquo; to get these numbers, &ldquo;so it&rsquo;s not clear that the respondents are even American citizens.&rdquo; Nonetheless, the claim that potentially millions of American residents are unable to prove their own citizenship status underscores the need for the SAVE Act.<\/p>\n<p>And, in reality, while the propaganda press and the left seem bent on suggesting Americans are not responsible enough to locate their own citizenship documents, the SAVE Act provides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/22\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">laundry list<\/a> of acceptable documentation, such as a REAL ID, a valid passport, a military card, a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">valid government-issued photo identification card&#038;rdquo<\/a>; showing the applicant&rsquo;s place of birth, and a certified birth certificate, among other options.<\/p>\n<h2>Non-Citizen Voting Is Already Illegal <\/h2>\n<p>Democrats, the corrupt media, and leftist activists relentlessly claim that, since it&rsquo;s already illegal for noncitizens to register to vote or vote in federal elections, the SAVE Act is unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>Drunk driving, shoplifting, and stealing a motor vehicle are all illegal &mdash; yet <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/04\/biden-admin-dismisses-noncitizen-voting-because-its-already-illegal-just-like-shoplifting-and-drunk-driving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all still happen<\/a> on a yearly, if not daily, basis.<\/p>\n<p>Despite noncitizen voting being illegal &mdash; it still happens. All the SAVE Act would do is add teeth to a largely toothless federal law prohibiting noncitizens from voting. Under current law, prospective voters merely attest they are citizens on a federal registration form under penalty of perjury. It&rsquo;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/13\/without-the-save-act-the-only-thing-keeping-foreigners-from-voting-is-the-honor-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">honor system<\/a> &mdash; and it&rsquo;s a system that has allowed dozens of noncitizens to vote and register to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-one noncitizens cast a ballot in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-immigrant-voting-noncitizens-elections-explained-cf4c73b336147b5f5d9c2a22b2564994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Carolina<\/a> in 2016. In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/jan\/30\/pennsylvania-11000-non-citizens-registered-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">11,198 noncitizens<\/a> were removed from Pennsylvania&rsquo;s voter rolls, according to the Washington Times. And just this past general election cycle, a Chinese college student <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/30\/a-noncitizen-cast-an-illegal-vote-in-michigan-and-officials-are-counting-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cast an illegal vote<\/a> despite being a noncitizen. (His vote was ultimately counted since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/Laws\/MCL?objectName=MCL-ARTICLE-II-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ballots<\/a> are secret; once a vote is cast and tabulated, it is impossible to determine <em>who<\/em> cast the ballot.) Meanwhile, an October Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/24\/georgia-audit-finds-nine-noncitizens-voted-in-past-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">audit<\/a> found 20 noncitizens registered to vote &mdash; nearly half of which cast ballots in past elections, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/election-audit-shows-20-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-in-georgia\/NRORAL7Z3RDSNMQ3QDLVEARPSY\/\">according<\/a> to the Atalanta Journal-Constitution. In September, Oregon&rsquo;s secretary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-audit-finds-nine-noncitizens-voted-in-past-elections\/\" title=\"Georgia Audit Finds Nine ... ...d In ...\">state similarly found<\/a> nine noncitizens who had voted in past elections after discovering &ldquo;more than 300 noncitizens were erroneously registered to vote,&rdquo; The Federalist&rsquo;s Logan Washburn <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/24\/oregon-secretary-of-state-registered-1200-possible-noncitizens-to-vote-insists-noncitizen-voting-is-rare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>There Are Already Federal Checks On Citizenship<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for American Progress<\/a>&lsquo; Greta Bedekovics and Sydney Bryant claimed earlier this year that the SAVE Act is ultimately unnecessary because &ldquo;there are already documentation requirements to be able to register to vote&rdquo; under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/becerra-repeatedly-denies-partial-birth-abortion-ban-exists-during-hearing\/\" title=\"Becerra Repeatedly Denies \u2018Partial-Birth Abortion\u2019 Ban Exists During Hearing\">current federal law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The piece notes how, under the federal Help America Vote Act [HAVA], &ldquo;Americans must provide either the last four digits of their Social Security number or their driver&rsquo;s license number on a voter registration application in order to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-unleash-monster-voting-reform-bill\/\" title=\"Democrats unleash \u2018monster\u2019 ... reform bill\">provide election officials<\/a> with the necessary information to verify their identity and voting eligibility.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Bedekovics and Bryant claim that the current federal law is a &ldquo;relatively well-oiled system&rdquo; and lament that the SAVE Act would &ldquo;make every single American citizen put in the work, time, and resources to exercise their constitutional right to vote.&rdquo; But what they fail to mention is that noncitizens can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/pubs\/EN-05-10096.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">obtain<\/a> both a driver&rsquo;s license and social security, so neither one necessarily proves citizenship. In fact, prospective voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/25\/californians-with-no-drivers-license-or-ssn-can-use-a-credit-card-or-gym-membership-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a> who lack both forms of identification can slip through HAVA and instead provide low-security proof of identity &mdash; not citizenship &mdash; like a gym membership or utility bill to register to vote.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican-led House will vote again on the SAVE Act, requiring proof of citizenship to register. 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