McClellan defends Democrats' opposition to SAVE Act, calls it a 'modern poll tax'

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Source: The Hill

09/15/24 12:20 PM ET


Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.) defended Democrats’ opposition to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, calling it a “modern poll tax” in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”

“The devil in that bill is in the details, and the SAVE Act puts barriers on American citizens voting, and actually is a modern poll tax,” she told host Chris Stirewalt on Sunday.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has remained adamant in his support for pairing a continuing resolution with the SAVE Act to fund the government. Democrats and the White House have said they will block the legislation, noting that noncitizen voting is already illegal and exceedingly rare and that the bill could unduly burden eligible voters.

McClellan noted that the only methods to prove citizenship under the SAVE Act “just happen to be the ones that cost money.” “You won’t be able to use your state driver’s license,” she said, adding that the easiest option “you could use is a passport. It costs money. A lot of Americans don’t have passports.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4880721-jennifer-mcclellan-democrats-save-act-poll-tax/

[CoopersDad]

1. K/R election interference happening right now.

It should be at the top of the news.

Fuck Trump.

[pnwmom]

2. And it PURPOSELY targets women, minorities, and poorer people.

It targets anyone who has changed their name, or has documents with names that don't perfectly match -- and fixing documents can take months and cost significant sums of money.

It's no accident that it is targeting groups that are more likely to vote for Democrats.

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3. So the one document the GQP

favors for being able to vote in this country is the one that show's you might want to leave it.