KJS 3.26

This is important for the long term sanctity of our union and shouldn’t take long to read…

The SAVE America Act requires every American to show a passport or birth certificate in person to register to vote. If you’ve moved, changed your name, or need to update your registration—same requirement. You’ll also need photo ID at the polls and for mail-in ballots.

Here’s what that means in practice:

Only about half of Americans have passports. Getting a birth certificate costs money and often requires an in-person visit to a government office during business hours. If you’re a married woman who changed your name, you’ll need both your birth certificate and marriage license.

This creates different experiences for different Americans. If you live in a rural area hours from the county clerk’s office, if you work hourly and can’t take time off, if you’re elderly without easy transportation, or if you simply don’t have $50-100 for documents—registering to vote just got much harder.

The timing matters too.

The bill takes effect immediately if passed. Primary elections are already happening. Election officials across the country—even those who support voter ID—say there’s no way to implement this fairly before November. Changing the rules mid-election isn’t how democracies work.

Here’s the bigger concern:

The bill gives the Attorney General access to every state’s voter registration rolls and requires monthly purges using a federal database. That database has already incorrectly flagged naturalized citizens—legal voters—for removal. This isn’t about stopping fraud (which is already illegal and extremely rare). It’s about who controls elections.

Why this should concern you

Our Constitution gives states authority over elections for good reason—it prevents any single person or party from controlling the process. This bill reverses that. It puts federal officials in charge of deciding who gets to vote.

If you believe in limited government, states’ rights, and fair elections, this should trouble you—regardless of party.

Ask yourself: Do I want the current administration controlling voter rolls? What about the next administration? Or the one after that?

Once we give government this power, we can’t take it back. And whoever holds power next will use it too.

The question isn’t whether you trust Trump. It’s whether you trust everyone who comes after.

Access

Trust gets mainlined into democratic stability through free and fair elections. Our markets wouldn’t work like they do without the integrity and historical equity of our election process.

Access is a whole other issue. That’s gravy. You have to have free and fair. Having all people use their voice, well, that doesn’t usually happen, nor do you need high turnout to have a great and working democracy.

High access is a nice to have. The more confidence the rule-making class has in the self determination of its peoples, the more they push for everyone to access voting. In a really healthy democracy you get and want high participation.

Don’t try to limit access, that’s a big no-no.

Those who vote are counted. Those who don’t vote are just not counted.

Finally,

All the risk premiums we enjoy as Americans are backed up to this stable operating environment, which we are fortunate to natively habituate.

It’s what made America great to begin with: that original frame and then our time and devotion to maintaining it — is what got us here. That risk free stability comes from the certitude that our elections are fair and free and guaranteed to happen and we all protect that.

This is actually what’s on the line with this BS-titled Save America Act. And those trying to sneak it through by calling it Save America, they clearly want the opposite. They want control.

They think you’re dumb.

Show them who’s boss. Call the congressional office and don’t hang up until they’ve recorded your no.