The National Coalition on Accessible Voting (NCAV) Strongly Opposes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and its intent to Suppress the Vote of Marginalized Communities
04/1/2025
Contact: Stephanie Flynt McEben, Public Policy Analyst, National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
202-567-3534
[email protected]
Washington DC—
Legislation like the SAVE Act only serves to discourage participation in the democratic process and disenfranchises voters in multi-marginalized communities, including the disability community. The consequences of enacting such laws has the potential to negatively impact the rights of disabled voters, including the right to voter assistance, or total exclusion from the democratic process altogether, based on perception and false misconceptions.
NCAV calls for Congress to pass legislation that would advance, expand, and protect the rights of all voters. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Amendments Act, for example, would restore voting rights safeguards and modernize protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Further, Congress has a constitutional responsibility to ensure fair and equal access to the vote for all voters, including those with disabilities, and the SAVE Act beyond contradicts this charge.
Sincerely,
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL)
Center for Living & Working, Inc
Disability Belongs
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley
National Council On Developmental Disabilities
National Council on Independent Living
National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
New Disabled South
SABE – Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
The Arc of the United States
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
