Democratic senators on Wednesday warned that the SAVE America Act, the legislation the Trump administration is pushing for to tighten access to the ballot box ahead of the November elections, is part of a broader push to “take over” federal elections.
At a forum hosted by Sen. Alex Padilla of California, Democratic lawmakers hoped to prove just how reliable elections in the U.S. are through expert accounts.
“Now there’s conversations amongst the Senate Republican caucus as to when, not if, but when and how, to consider those measures,” Padilla, the ranking member of the Senate Rules Committee and former California secretary of state, said in his opening remarks at the forum. “It is not a voter-ID bill, it is very much a voter-suppression bill. It is very much a voter-purge bill. It has so much more in that piece of legislation that should concern people.”