Indiana’s Primary Election is on May 5, and the General Election is on November 3, which means now is the time to start preparing to vote. Not the week before. Not when people start posting reminders online. NOW.

I have been thinking about that a lot lately, especially with all the attention around the SAVE Act. While it may not be an active law now, it has raised real concerns about the extra hurdles some voters could face if documentation requirements become stricter. For people who are married, have changed their name, moved, or have records that do not all match, that conversation hits differently. It is a reminder that even though we have the right to vote, higher powers can make exercising that right as difficult as possible.