Critics say Republicans’ SAVE Act will make it harder for Black voters and others to cast their ballots
On a mostly party-line basis, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced the SAVE Act, a bill that would establish new restrictions to voting. After years of court orders that have weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and a slew of contested state laws and voting maps, Black leaders say the latest legislation only stands to make voting harder. “.. let’s be real, it’s a straight-up voter suppression bill,” wrote Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, on X just before […]
