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Greta Bedekovics

@gbedekovics.bsky.social
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Director for Democracy at Center for American Progress. Former Senate staffer for Sen. Klobuchar 🇺🇸🇭🇺

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
While Trump's SAVE Act has been stalled in Congress, 12 states have passed SAVE Act-like laws since 2024. The threat of these SAVE Act-like laws blocking American citizens from voting isn't hypothetical, it's inevitable.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The SAVE Act would require Americans to drive, fly, or even take a ferry to exercise their constitutional right to vote. Alaskan Senator Murkowski explains:
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@warnock.senate.gov: "This really is NOT a partisan issue." The SAVE Act would deny millions of Americans their constitutional right to vote.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The SAVE Act would make registering to vote an added burden for U.S. service members and their families. Hear from U.S. Army veteran Naveed Shah (@armyofnaveed.bsky.social):
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
One more thing about the SAVE Act that's laughable, North Dakota, which doesn't do voter registration would be COMPLETELY EXEMPT. So while Americans in all other 49 states would need to show a passport or birth certificate in person to register to vote, North Dakotans can just walz to the polls.
northdakotamonitor.com
Federal election bill not expected to affect North Dakota • North Dakota Monitor
A federal election security bill gaining traction in Congress wouldn’t affect North Dakota if it passes, according to the North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
There are ALREADY documentation requirements to be able to register to vote. ‼️ The SAVE Act would upend this process and make every American citizen put in the work, time, and resources to exercise their constitutional right to vote. ampr.gs/40PaPJz
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The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"What is the SAVE America Act really saving us from?" @bluntrochester.senate.gov calls out the real motive behind Trump's SAVE Act.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The SAVE Act is a key part of the Trump administration's plan to manipulate election rules and take away the people's power to decide election outcomes. ampr.gs/4rMkcpS
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The SAVE America Act Explained: How the New ‘Show Your Papers’ Voting Bill Is Even More Extreme Than the SAVE Act
At President Donald Trump’s urging, Congress is intent on passing an even more extreme version of the SAVE Act. But no matter what the far right calls these “show your papers” bills, its push to requi...
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 07/03/2026
On This International Women’s Day, the SAVE America Act Reminds Us the Fight for Women’s Suffrage Is Still Being Fought | "We’re about 100 years out from getting the right to vote & now we’re fighting this bill which would make it harder for millions of women to vote,” said @gbedekovics.bsky.social
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On This International Women’s Day, the SAVE America Act Reminds Us the Fight for Women’s Suffrage Is Still Being Fought - Bucks County Beacon
"We’re about 100 years out from getting the right to vote and now we’re fighting this bill, which would make it harder for millions of women to vote,” said Gréta Bedekovics, director of democracy poli...
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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Jesus Christ, Polis, have a little respect for your office and your state. Peters betrayed her public office in a way that struck at the very basis of our democracy. Also note that she was convicted on *multiple other* counts -- including conspiracy to commit impersonation and official misconduct.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
CAP's expert, Greta Bedekovics, answers the most googled questions about the anti-voter SAVE Act and the SAVE America Act.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Trump just described voting as "the greatest privilege of them all." We don't call it a privilege here. It's a right.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Trump reinforced his support of the SAVE America Act during SOTU. One part he conveniently forgets? It requires states to hand over voter rolls to DHS & creates a federalized surveillance system of voters under Kristi Noem. The last thing Americans want is her in charge of their voter reg status.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Trump called for passage of the SAVE Act again during SOTU. Calling SAVE “voter ID” is MAGA sugarcoating MAGA to try to make Americans swallow this toxic bill. SAVE requires Americans to show a passport or birth certificate. REAL IDs don’t count. This isn’t election integrity, it’s election rigging.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Must read from AK Sen. Lisa Murkowski on why she’s opposing the SAVE Act. One chief reason being how terrible the bill would be for rural communities and that fact that some Alaskans would have to fly to show their passport or birth certificate to an election official 👇 www.adn.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion: I support voter ID but oppose the SAVE America Act
Protecting election integrity should not come at the cost of access, especially in rural and tribal communities.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
She’s not wrong! The SAVE Act is so badly written, it mandates state officials make printers and scanners available to the public for scanning documents. They provide no $ for implantation to overhaul voting nationwide but do this. “hard to cheat, EASY to vote” right?….
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
House set to pass new version of SAVE Act today, making terrible bill even worse. Could disenfranchise: -21 million Americans without access to citizenship papers -69 million married women who took partner’s name -21 million without current drivers license www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
BREAKING: The SAVE Act is once again up for a vote tomorrow—it's not a voter ID bill, it's a show-your-papers mandate.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Many people think the SAVE Act wouldn’t apply to them because they have REAL ID. But that’s NOT true!! A REAL ID license is NOT proof of citizenship-it’s proof of legal presence. Permanent residents + visa holders can get REAL ID & in nearly all states they don’t look any different!
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Th SAVE Act is up for another vote tomorrow! This is NOT a voter ID bill! It would force Americans to show a passport or birth certificate in person at their election office. This is a real drive someone would have to make to show their docs to an election official! 8 hours! And they’re not alone.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Gun Owners of America is lobbying Congress to pass the SAVE Act, which would require a majority of Americans to show a passport to register to vote. But GOA opposes any law that requires showing a drivers license to buy a gun. These are not serious people.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Honestly this could not be funnier if you tried. Sen Cramer ND supports the SAVE Act which would require doc proof of citizenship for voter reg…Meanwhile ND is the ONLY state that doesn’t do voter registration! ND would likely be exempt, but he supports making voting harder for millions of Americans
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Stand Up America @standupamerica.com · 21/01/2026
Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your Senators to vote NO on the SAVE Act and stop voter disenfranchisement.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Feels like a crime to return to this BS after MLK Day…There is no version of the SAVE Act that is feasible that would not disenfranchise millions of American citizens —140M+ don’t have a passport, 70M women don’t have matching documents, & in person means making rural folks drive hours to show docs
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The Trump administration's threat to fire employees is not about so-called government efficiency—it's clear political retaliation at the expense of people’s livelihoods, careers, and the vital services they provide to the American people. More from Greta Bedekovics: ow.ly/jBHZ50X4kNk
americanprogress.org
The Trump Administration Plans to Retaliate for a Government Shutdown by Firing Federal Employees—But Can It?
A government shutdown would limit, not expand, the authorities the administration has—including its ability to fire federal employees—which is why it must move forward with firing plans now.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
On the 60th anniversary of the VRA, conservatives thought it was a good idea to launch a bus tour to support the SAVE Act-legislation that would restrict citizens' right to vote.... Bus tours were instrumental in the fight for voting rights during the civil rights movement. They know no shame
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act being signed into law; with the courts having gutted key provisions of the VRA, Americans have less protections for voting now than they did upon the VRA's enactment. Congress must reauthorize an updated VRA, it must pass the John Lewis VRAA
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Make sure you check out this part of the report, showing how much funding states have lost based on their higher ed student population. Hardest hit states include South Dakota, Idaho, Montana, South Carolina. This isn't about "wokeness" or "DEI" its about attacking higher education and science
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
JD Vance: "If any of us want to do the things we want to do for our country and the people who live in it – we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities." This mission is evident in my new piece which maps 4k grant cuts to 600 schools & shows that red+blue states are under attack
americanprogress.org
Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities
American science and innovation should not be subject to the political winds of the day. Find out how the Trump administration’s grant terminations are affecting your school, your community, and your ...
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Lea Woods @lea9223.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"It has become clear that the admin’s policy agenda is not merely to bend higher ed institutions to its political will, but that attacking higher ed is in and of itself a policy agenda." Devastating findings from @americanprogress.bsky.social's @gbedekovics.bsky.social & @citizenwillis.bsky.social
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
American science & innovation should not be subject to the political winds of the day. Find out how the Trump administration’s grant terminations are affecting your school, your community, and your future with the new map from @gbedekovics.bsky.social and @citizenwillis.bsky.social: buff.ly/AXzAy0W
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Fun reminder than when Trump asked states for their voter data in 2017, the Louisiana Republican Secretary of State told the administration to “go jump in the Gulf of Mexico.” Sure hope states are telling him to go jump in the Gulf of America this time.
washingtonpost.com
DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data
Election clerks in both parties, who have been subject to harassment and lawsuits over Trump’s 2020 false election claims, worry about efforts to examine their voting machines.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/05/2025
From @carriejohnson.bsky.social More than 30,000 people have already voted in the election for the president of the D.C. Bar Association, more than triple the previous record set in 1990.
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Race to lead D.C. lawyers' association grows heated amid attacks on law firms
More than 30,000 people have already voted in the election for the president of the D.C. Bar Association, more than triple the previous record set in 1990.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 Today the House will consider a reconciliation bill that includes a very dangerous provision advocates have been sounding the alarm on. This provision, also in HR 9495, would give new powers to the Treasury, & by extension POTUS, to unilaterally designate organizations as terrorist supporting 🚨
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Reconciliation Provision Would Let Executive Branch Dismantle Nonprofits Under Pretext of Fighting Terrorism
The House’s tax portion of the reconciliation bill would give unprecedented power to the executive branch and allow it to unilaterally designate nonprofits as “terrorist supporting organizations,” pos...
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The FBI has now arrested a judge who would not allow ICE to detain someone WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. That is what she was arrested for. ICE did not have a warrant and she would not allow them to kidnap someone for her chambers. That’s her “crime.” This is a first, not a last…
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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
MADISON, Wis. – Yesterday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and other publications reported that Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan apparently attempted to protect a defendant from ICE agents trying to detain that defendant. (1/6)
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to prevent further action on Trump's EO to require Americans to submit documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote. This EO is Trump's way to bypass Congress & enact the SAVE Act. Win of the day 🎉
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Judge pauses parts of Trump's sweeping executive order on voting
A federal judge has paused a key section of President Trump's executive order that makes sweeping changes to voting and elections.
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Trump Admin: I don’t like Harvard’s politics or beliefs so I’m gonna have the IRS revoke their nonprofit status. JD Vance: “If the IRS can go after you because of what you think, or what you believe, or what you do, we no longer live in a free country.” Is the free country in the room with us 👀
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Before passing the SAVE Act last week, House GOP rejected an amendment that would have allowed for digital copies of citizenship docs, likely saving online voter reg. They really doubled down and said we’re gonna force rural Americans to drive hours just to update their voter reg info. #HandsOff
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Since the SAVE Act passed in the House last week, many Americans are worried how this bill will affect their ability to vote in the future. Watch @gbedekovics.bsky.social answer one Reddit user's question on how the SAVE Act would impact victims of natural disasters.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The Trump administration is claiming the power to send you to a prison, forever, without any trial and without any recourse. You do not have any rights if they can do that. That is the end of actual freedom. Begging you to be physically present today, showing your opposition.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that could block millions of American citizens from voting. Here's what you need to know from @gbedekovics.bsky.social:
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
If you caught my crying at my desk earlier today, it’s because @hillaryclinton.bsky.social shared the data/map I published on the SAVE Act showing that the bill would make it harder for 69 million women to register to vote. One good moment in months of work on this terrible bill!!!
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates
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Alex Wall @alexbwall.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🚨Things you need to buy are about to get WAYYYY more expensive because of Trump's tariffs🚨 NEW analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/exam...
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Tiffany Muller @tiffanymuller.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Fun fact: eight in ten married women have changed their surname which means they don’t have a birth certificate that matches their current legal name. Over 69 million women would have to get new IDs to vote under the SAVE Act. The GOP is trying to silence women across the country. #HandsOffHerVote
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A House vote on the SAVE Act is imminent. If enacted, 69 MILLION married women would have a much harder time registering to vote bc their name doesn’t match their birth certificate. It shouldn’t be harder for women to vote than to their husbands…why do we even have to say that #HandsOffHerVote
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The Daily Hayley @thedailyhayley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Sooooooo - you want to learn just enough about executive orders to know what on earth is going on in politics these days? I’ve got you 🧵
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
ICYMI, yesterday @gbedekovics.bsky.social answered your questions about the SAVE Act on Reddit. Check out her breakdown of ID requirements for voter registration for this one user. (Spoiler alert: federal law already requires you to provide ID info to register to vote!)
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Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Join me at 2:00pm today for a Reddit AMA on r/politics to talk about the SAVE Act and Trump’s unconstitutional executive order on voting!
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