SAVE Act

There’s been a lot of back-and-forth discussion – mainly along party lines – on the SAVE Act, explained by Congress.gov/bill as, “This Act may be cited as the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act” or the “SAVE Act.”

With that, Americans have been through the ringer on voter and vote integrity since 2016. Many people saw the movie “2000 Mules” where allegedly paid people dropped millions of ballots into post office boxes skewing election results toward Joe Biden. People voice opinions on both sides of the controversy; so, with that, why not support a bill that will clean up America’s voting rolls to only those who are supposed to vote – those with legal citizenship documentation.

With that, a brief search of the bill brought out what forms of I.D. would work for a person to be able to cast a vote in an election. Nothing the majority of citizens didn’t do so they could fly on an airplane with their REAL I.D.s.

What is necessary to vote required in the bill, Congress.gov/bill explains it here:

SEC. 2. Ensuring only citizens are registered to vote in elections for Federal office.

“(1) A form of identification issued consistent with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United States.

“(2) A valid United States passport.

“(3) The applicant’s official United States military identification card, together with a United States military record of service showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States.

“(4) A valid government-issued photo identification card issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States.

“(a) A certified birth certificate issued by a State, a unit of local government in a State, or a Tribal government which—

“(b) Requiring applicants to present documentary proof of United States citizenship.—Under any method of voter registration in a State, the State shall not accept and process an application to register to vote in an election for Federal office unless the applicant presents documentary proof of United States citizenship with the application.”

Watching the borders explode with millions of illegal immigrants walking over, many wearing Joe Biden t-shirts, gives you an idea why Dems don’t want verification of citizenship in order to be allowed to vote in elections.

The thought that some demographics can’t vote because they can’t get the paperwork is the majority hogwash. I’m a person that went through two name changes through marriage, got a REAL I.D. and has a valid marriage, divorce, birth, etc. document proving such. 

It requires a person to get up off the couch and jump through a few hoops; but if I wanted to do some of the things that I want to do, namely have a valid form of identification, I jumped through the hoops.

Did it take time? Yes.

Looking at the necessity to clean up our voter rolls, I don’t understand why Senator Jerry Moran is hemming and hawing on the SAVE Act; don’t forget, he voted against President Trump’s wall on the southern border, as well.

From Rightjournalism.com, “White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows released the official SAVE Act Senate scorecard…, Meadows made it crystal clear:

“Here are the Republican senators who have already publicly signaled support for passing the SAVE Act through a standing filibuster:

“Roger Marshall (KS)

“But then Meadows turned up the heat on the MISSING IN ACTION crew — the RINOs who have not yet publicly supported the standing filibuster strategy:

“Jerry Moran (KS)

“Meadows’ message to these holdouts is clear: the American people are watching, and they’re not going to forget who stood with Trump and who stood with the swamp. The SAVE America Act is the most important bill the U.S. Senate could ever pass — it requires proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, closes the loopholes that allow non-citizens to interfere in our democracy, and is supported by overwhelming majorities of Americans (including 85 percent who agree only U.S. citizens should vote). ”

It’s time for Kansas to elect a strong Republican, most of us have had enough of the RINO that is meandering into home plate for retirement. Do the job, or get the heck out.

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