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The major elections legislation currently being considered by the Senate—the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act—is a bill in flux. At times it has required in-person voter registration (as it currently does). At times it hasn’t. At times it has sought to include everything from a ban on mail voting to a prohibition on transgender athletes in women’s sports.

Stephen Richer is the CEO of Republic Affairs, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the former recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona.

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