{"id":2019,"date":"2025-04-10T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/minnesota\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2019"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:44:08","slug":"save-act-is-wrong-for-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/minnesota\/press\/save-act-is-wrong-for-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"SAVE Act is Wrong for Minnesota"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2019","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Common Cause Minnesota is calling on Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar to stop the SAVE Act after it narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representations today. 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SCXW87224767 BCX0\"> stop the SAVE Act after it narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop CommentStart SCXW87224767 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW87224767 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW87224767 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW87224767 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW87224767 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW87224767 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW87224767 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87224767 BCX0\">The SAVE Act creates voter suppression by throwing up barriers for eligible <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87224767 BCX0\">Minnesotans to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87224767 BCX0\"> vote in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87224767 BCX0\">our<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87224767 BCX0\"> elections. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop 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