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Alex Padilla: “The SAVE act is trying to rewrite the rules for states which…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla Discusses Blocking Voter Suppression and Defending Democracy

Published | Video Starts at 02:08

And in the era of Trump, sadly, we knew it was only a matter of time before those efforts would appear in the United States Congress. And that's exactly what The SAVE act is trying to rewrite the rules for states which make it harder for eligible Americans to register to vote. It's what I call a solution in search of a problem. Because if you look at the data, you know, the audits, the studies, the reports that are out there … (02:08–02:16)

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Asserts that the SAVE act aims to make voter registration more difficult for eligible Americans.

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