#florida-voter

#florida-voter

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act now dubbed the SAVE America Act narrowly passed the U.S. House last week, with all Republicans and one Democrat backing the bill. Its approval came about 10 months after House Republicans last passed the SAVE Act. The measure, which would transform voter registration and voting across the country, faces persistent hurdles in the GOP-led Senate due to Democratic disapproval and the 60-vote threshold to clear the legislative filibuster.

His move formally places Florida in line with the national Republican effort, demanded last year by President Donald Trump, to have states change the boundaries of their congressional districts in ways to get more Republicans and fewer Democrats elected. The special session, from April 20 through April 24, comes after the scheduled adjournment of the regular legislative session. DeSantis' timetable would delay the normal timetable for congressional hopefuls to officially qualify as candidates for the August primaries.

The Trump administration has since poured billions of dollars into immigration enforcement, and in March, Trump issued an executive order requiring the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that states have "access to appropriate systems for verifying the citizenship or immigration status of individuals registering to vote or who are already registered." In May, DHS began encouraging states to check their voter rolls against immigration data with the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, run by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). SAVE now has access to data from across the federal government, not just on immigrants but on citizens as well.

Could one Tr*mp-backed representative's health concerns save us from this ongoing Republican-led nightmare we've been living through for over a year now? It's a long shot, but it just might work! House rep Neal Dunn will reportedly resign before his term is up on January 3, 2027, despite Mike Johnson begging him stick it out. Why is Johnson worried? Because if Dunn leaves early, the tiny majority hold Republicans have over the House would be severely threatened.