Author: Derrick Johnson President and CEO of the NAACP

Click here for the video: Colorado Secy Griswold: GOP’s SAVE Act is ‘akin to 21st century poll tax’ 06:47 The so-called SAVE Act would undermine voting rights and block many citizens from the ballot box. Americans have come to rely on the promise that every citizen has the right to have their voice heard. But the U.S. House of Representatives largely erased that promise last week when, in a 220-208 vote, it passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. Don’t be fooled by its heroic-sounding name. This legislation aims to disenfranchise millions of voters, many of them people of color and women, and further…

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