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Open letter to Zinke

February 24, 2026 by Guest Post Leave a Comment

by Larry Keogh, Hamilton

Congressman Zinke, I received a survey from your office Tuesday. The survey does not allow me to share my view(s), the survey only provides opportunity to check a box, without actually asking what I (a constituent, a Western Montanan) think.

What I think: you are squandering time my taxes are paying for with this nonsense bill your majority Congress has passed. America needs to be SAVED though this act is not what it purports to be and won’t do it. You know that. You also know that this act is not to make elections that are already secure, more secure. This is a matter of appearing to be working hard. In reality you labor to cloak your party’s ineptitude at governance. Your party is proving to be ineffective. You are carrying your party’s water, not mine. This is, and has been proven to be, a “non-issue” and isn’t worthy of the time your party is investing in it.

Specific to your “survey” my response:

This “SAVE” act is not needed. I do not support the Senate passing the SAVE America Act.

It is already illegal for a non-citizen to vote. These PEOPLE are already at risk for breathing and are not going to purposely draw attention to themselves by attempting to vote illegally.

Non-citizens and illegal immigrants seldom vote in federal elections. ANY claim otherwise is bogus.

I do not support requiring a government issued photo ID to vote in federal elections.

Time to go home, Big Brother.

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