SAVE Act is modern “papers please” policy

This letter is in response to Pam Baker’s recent letter excoriating Rep. Becca Balint for opposing the SAVE Act. I guess if you are a supporter of President Trump and believe his lies that any election that he loses is rigged, then you would be in favor of curtailing voting rights to the narrowest definition possible, absent outright elimination of elections.

This act, also known as the Save America Act, would require all voter registration applicants, including everyone who was born in America, to present proof of citizenship to register to vote. This is a current version of the “papers please” policy so favored by the Nazis and many other authoritarian regimes to keep track of and control its citizens.

I am always amazed that the Right, which favors getting government out of our lives, takes every opportunity to use government to control so many aspects of our lives. Do we really want our country to go there?

Ann Manwaring

Wilmington