DURBIN OUTLINES VARIOUS OBSTACLES AMERICANS WOULD FACE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER TO VOTE UNDER THE REPUBLICANS' SAVE AMERICA ACT

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:

In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, outlined the various obstacles that Americans would face when attempting to register to vote under Republicans' SAVE America Act, legislation that is designed to prevent Americans from exercising their fundamental right to vote. Under the SAVE America Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register to vote, driver's licenses and other government-issued IDs, including a REAL ID, alone would not be sufficient. According to a nonpartisan study by the Brennan Center and the University of Maryland, more than 21 million Americans who ar...