Letters to the Editor | July 31, 2026

In April, Sen. David McCormick wrote a letter to the editor touting the SAVE America Act. I, along with others, responded to his rosy and misleading picture of the act’s purported benefits with the facts, including how difficult it would be for millions of Americans (not coincidentally mainly women and people of color who tend to vote Democratic) to comply with the guidelines in the SAVE Act as written. Now McCormick has written a letter, published by the so-called liberal Inquirer, again touting the “commonsense” voting restrictions contained therein. McCormick and other supporters of the SAVE Act, especially Donald Trump, don’t want people to realize that you already need to prove citizenship to vote. The recent acknowledgment by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill that a software glitch allowed 6,600 noncitizens to register to vote is fuel for supporters of this wrong-headed proposal, but the glitch would have happened regardless of the restrictions that are written into the SAVE Act. Sen. McCormick should spend more time urging his fearless leader to end the war in Iran and less time pushing for an undemocratic — and frankly un-American — law that is nothing but a voter suppression tactic.

Scott Chelemer, Mount Laurel, chelesb@msn.com

There are more than 6 million registered voters in New Jersey, so the 6,600 who shouldn’t have been able to register represents an error-rate of 0.098%. That’s pretty amazing. I challenge Sen. Dave McCormick to provide any program at the national level that has an error rate that low. We have a system that is not perfect, but 6,600 voters out of 6 million cannot be called a crisis. He is my representative; so I’m asking him to stop with the attempt to challenge the integrity of our election system. Your leader, not mine, has made those claims for years. I’m asking Sen. McCormick for proof that the election was stolen; not allegations, proof. I have yet to see any, so, if you have it, either produce it or stop this nonsense. Credibility is all you truly own in this world; his is quickly fading. I have to have faith in my elected officials, who need to concentrate on real problems, not suggest solutions in search of a problem. Yes, 6,600 false registrations is bad; but let’s not make a mountain out of a molehill. I await his reply.

John R. Waters, Havertown

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