{"id":41527,"date":"2026-04-05T03:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=41527"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:37:34","slug":"save-america-act-oppresses-seniors-rural-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=41527","title":{"rendered":"SAVE America Act \u2018Oppresses\u2019 Seniors, Rural, Students"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said the Save America Act could make it harder for several groups to participate in close elections, which she argued could benefit Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Abrams <\/span>stated<\/span><\/a> on MS NOW:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oppression is very real. In elections that are decided on the margins, voter suppression comes together, whether it\u2019s ending mail in voting using citizenship proof, although every citizen has to prove your citizenship to get on the rolls. These more restrictive policies all come together to make it harder for average people to be heard, if you\u2019re a senior, if you\u2019re rural, if you\u2019re disabled, if you\u2019re a student, if you\u2019re a person of color, those are five populations that, when these bills and these rules and these executive orders come to fruition, shave enough points off of elections that Republican authoritarians can gain the outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Abrams\u2019s remarks <\/span>come<\/span><\/a> as Republicans continue to push the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, mandate voter identification, end universal mail-in ballots except in cases of disability, illness, travel, or military service, and also codify protections for women\u2019s sports and a ban on transgender surgeries for children.<\/span><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump on March 26 called on Senate Republicans to terminate the filibuster in order to pass Department of Homeland Security funding and the SAVE America Act. Trump wrote on Truth Social that Republicans should \u201cTERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER\u201d and pass \u201call five items\u201d in the SAVE America Act, saying Democrats would eliminate the filibuster if they regained power.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former Georgia House minority leader <\/span>lost<\/span><\/a> gubernatorial races in 2018 and 2022 to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. After her 2022 defeat, Abrams\u2019s campaign came under criticism after raising more than $100 million and finishing more than $1 million in debt.<\/span><\/p>\n

During a November 2024 appearance on CNN, Abrams <\/span>claimed<\/span><\/a> Georgia\u2019s record-setting early voting numbers did not mean voter suppression was absent.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cTurnout does not mean there is not voter suppression activity,\u201d Abrams said. \u201cA lot of those voters in 2020 were able to vote by mail. One of the reasons we\u2019re seeing early lines is because they can no longer use the easier method of voting by mail because of SB 202, because of SB 189 laws that Brad Raffensperger and Brian Kemp supported and pushed forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Abrams added, \u201cPeople who are disabled, people who have lost their homes are facing harder times casting their ballots, but they refuse to be silenced.\u201d She added that voters were \u201cstanding in lines they shouldn\u2019t have to stand in because they believe their voices matter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n