ICYMI: On Senate Floor, Bennet Condemns Trump’s Voter Suppression Bill

Mar 20, 2026| Press Releases

Video of Bennet's Full Remarks Available HERE

Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet condemned the SAVE America Act tonight on the Senate floor. This legislation will make it harder for millions of Americans to register to vote and cast their ballots, especially women, rural constituents, and the elderly.

The SAVE America Act rewrites the way elections are run in America. It drastically changes the processes familiar to county clerks and election officials, requires voter rolls be routinely given over to the federal government, and forces voter registration to take place in person - instead of by mail or online. It also provides no additional funding to states whose budgets are already under strain. Most troublingly, it imposes new document requirements for voter registration that many Americans do not have easy access to. Trump forced this consideration this week because, in his own words, the SAVE America Act is a method to "guarantee the midterms" this November.

"This radical legislation actually requires people to register in person, banning common methods of registration - online registration, through the mail, or automatically at the DMV. Madam President, that's how 94% of Americans register to vote. Many of them are seniors. Many of them live in rural communities. I would like to see the majority party in this chamber come to Western Colorado and try to take, rather than having this fake filibuster, try to actually take mail-in ballots from the people of Western Colorado. I'd like to see that […]

"Colorado already has I.D. requirements when casting a ballot. We already have among the cleanest voter rolls in this country. We don't need Donald Trump to corrupt our process. Even the Heritage Foundation ranked us as second in the nation in 2020 for clean lists. The Heritage Foundation. We have one of the most secure election systems of any state in our country, and because Coloradans have trust in our elections, we have some of the highest voter turnout in the country. But the SAVE America Act - the so-called SAVE America Act does not bring our system anywhere close to what we enjoy in Colorado. Instead, it turns toward a dark-but-familiar pattern in American history."

Bennet has consistently fought against Republicans' blatant efforts to undermine public elections. This month, he called out President Trump for holding the Senate hostage to pass this legislation as well as his blatant efforts to undermine public elections. In February 2025, Bennet also slammed Trump for sowing distrust in elections. In April 2025, he spoke on the Senate floor, calling out this legislation and highlighting the ways that this bill will make it harder for millions of American citizens to register and exercise their right to vote - including women and voters in rural communities across the country.

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