What to know:

Quick facts if the SAVE act were passed as currently written:

• Re-registering (such as after a move, or if purged) would require meeting new requirements
• A REAL ID alone does not qualify. A military ID alone does not qualify. A tribal ID alone does not qualify. There are only five states with driver’s licenses that would qualify.
• The bill also requires states to turn over voter rolls to the Federal government and purge voters.
• Kansas and Arizona have tried similar bills. They disenfranchised significant numbers of citizens, and have been at least partially struck down by courts in both states.
• The GOP is counting on chaos to get them through the midterms, because they’re losing dozens of special elections they expected to win.
• This is the steal you’re worried about. It isn’t a complicated technological switcheroo involving Starlink satellites: it’s an absolutely mundane collection of bills that will disenfranchise some people more than others.

There’s a lot of disinformation, fueled by the GOP claiming you just need “picture ID.” That’s inaccurate and incomplete, but we’re going to have to cut through the chaos. The SAVE act isn’t the only voter meddling we need to watch, either. Trump just signed an executive order to limit mail-in voting and create a federal registry of “known-good” voters states would check against. This draws on the SORN/SAVE database, which was known to be buggy, even before DOGE got into our records.

We all need good sources to track local voting changes. From voter purges to changes in polling location, the GOP is counting on voter disenfranchisement to help them survive the midterms. Voting-related groups like the League of Women Voters and the League of Minority Voters are good sources of information—look for local chapters. Vote.org provides tools to maintain your registration, and Democracy Docket is a good source for voting-related news and analysis.