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Rep. Bera slams SAVE Act as anti-poor, anti-women
Bera noted that the act fails to protect the integrity of elections and makes it harder for Americans to register to vote and to cast their ballots.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Thu, 12, Feb 2026
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Rep. Ami Bera / Wikimedia commons
U.S. Congressman Ami Bera recently outlined why he plans to vote against the recently introduced Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
The SAVE America Act, introduced this year by Rep. Chip Roy, Sen. John Cornyn, and Sen. Mike Lee, seeks to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting in federal elections, according to its sponsors. The bill is widely referred to as the 'GOP voter ID law.'
In a press release published on Feb. 11, 2026, US Rep. Chip Roy described the legislation as a "critical step toward restoring election integrity by ensuring only US citizens are voting in federal elections and are showing ID".
Rep. Bera, in a recent video posted on X, argued that the law does not allow people to show a driver’s license or a military ID as proof and which therefore would require them to show a passport or a birth certificate.
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However, he pointed out, this would disproportionately affect lower-income households as "the majority of Americans don’t have passports; disproportionately, it’s wealthier, college-educated Americans who do."
Additionally, he argued, the SAVE Act would also discriminate against women since a lot of women change their names when they get married and therefore have different names on their birth certificates than the names they currently use.
Dismissing Republican claims of extensive voter frauds, the Congressman cited the example of 2020 elections as evidence. He said, "President Trump filed multiple lawsuits, his supporters filed multiple lawsuits, and time and again, when ballots were reviewed and recounted, it was incredibly rare that any were thrown out or that actual voter fraud was found."
Bera also noted that he is in favour of "protecting the integrity of our elections" but is voting 'no' because the SAVE act fails to do that and instead makes it much harder for Americans to register to vote and to cast their ballots.
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