Voter ID and the The Save Act Is Needed in Maine – 2025

THE SAVE ACT – Voter ID for ME

We now know Voter ID for ME will be a 2025 referendum question for us Maine citizens to vote on.  We also need to look at safeguarding our federal elections.  Enter the “SAVE Act”.  This bill is headed to the Senate, and we must all show our senators that we support it!  See the links at the bottom for more information. 

WHAT TO DO:  Contact your Senators (see below) with your comments/opinions.

My testimony to our senators.  When you contact them, feel free to use my testimony, parts of it in your own testimony, or something as simple as “I support H.R.8281 the “SAVE Act”, and it “ought to pass”.

I support H.R.8281 the “SAVE Act”, and it “ought to pass”.

As I understand it, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act or the “SAVE Act”, will accomplish a number of things to ensure election integrity, and re-establish our confidence in what many of us American citizens perceive to be a broken system.

The Biden Administration has created the perfect storm to cheat in our elections. They’ve allowed millions of people to enter the United States illegally, and have given them a pathway to vote.  This was reported by The Maine Wire on 12/31/2024 to be the case in Maine. 

The people have spoken. This administration and ideology have been duly dispatched, and common sense must prevail.

This bill when passed into law will enact a number of new and novel concepts such as:

·  Requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections.

·  Prohibits states from accepting and processing an application to register to vote in a federal election unless the applicant presents documentary proof of U.S. citizenship.

·  Prohibits states from registering an individual to vote in a federal election unless, at the time the individual applies to register to vote, the individual provides documentary proof of U.S. citizenship; and (2) requires states to establish an alternative process under which an applicant may submit other evidence to demonstrate U.S. citizenship.

The bill also includes many other safeguards to ensure the sanctity of our federal elections.  I was sold on the first point. 

This is necessary, common-sense legislation in the effort to begin to right the wrongs perpetrated by the Biden administration.  The only reason I can see to reject it, is it would crush the opportunity to permit non-eligible individuals from voting (i.e., cheating.)

This bill passed the House on 07/10/2024, I see no reason why it shouldn’t pass the Senate.  We as United States citizens demand confidence in our voting access and integrity.

Again, I support H.R.8281 the “SAVE Act”, and it “ought to pass”.

Thank you

Danny Emerson, South Berwick, ME

Our Senators contact Information, email and phone (office locations).

https://www.collins.senate.gov/contact

https://www.king.senate.gov/contact-home

HR 8281 – The “SAVE Act”.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8281#:~:text=Safeguard%20American%20Voter%20Eligibility%20Act%20or%20the%20SAVE%20Act&text=Specifically%2C%20the%20bill%20prohibits%20states,documentary%20proof%20of%20U.S.%20citizenship.

More information on the SAVE Act from Speaker Mike Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCffyDf_xSM

 Five Democrats who voted for the bill.  Notice Jaron Golden was one of them.

https://www.newsweek.com/house-vote-safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-passed-1923392

Let’s get this done!  Thank you!!

Danny Emerson

The South Berwick Republican Committee