SAVE, Married Women and Register To Vote

Will SAVE Act Prevent Married Women from Registering to Vote?
Q: Is it true that under the SAVE Act married women will not be able to register to vote if their married name doesn’t match their birth certificate? A: The proposed SAVE Act instructs states to establish a process for people whose legal name doesn’t match their birth certificate to provide additional documents.
SAVE Act Raises Alarm Over Fears Women Could Be Stopped From Voting
An act that would require people to register to vote using paper documentation of citizenship has been a focal point of town halls and petitions this week.
The SAVE Act Would Force Many Rural Americans To Drive Hours To Register To Vote
Under the SAVE Act, many rural Americans would be forced to drive hours and cross hundreds of miles to show documentation of citizenship, in person, in order to register to vote. Some would be forced to drive as many as eight hours and make interstate journeys.
Would proposed SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote?
A claim circulating on social media suggests that married people who changed their last name will face difficulties when trying to vote under the proposed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
Will the SAVE Act keep married women from voting?
For married women who take their spouse’s name (or husbands who do the same), this could present a problem if they lack a passport. When someone changes their name after getting married, they are not issued a new birth certificate.
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Exclusive Report: SAVE Act Threatens to Disenfranchise Trans Voters
The SAVE Act pretends to be about protecting election integrity, but in reality, it could keep millions of Americans — ...
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The SAVE Act Could Keep Millions of Transgender Americans From Voting
Should this legislation pass, it would further discrimination against transgender people and could keep millions of voters ...
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Michigan lawmakers speak out against SAVE Act, warn of potential impact on voter turnout
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was joined by other lawmakers in Lansing Thursday in a press conference to voice ...
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SAVE Act would make voting harder for millions of Americans
You may be among the millions of eligible voters who do not have the documentation required by this law, called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE Act, to prove your citizenship.
Fact check: Would SAVE Act disqualify voters who have changed their names?
Congressional Republicans are pushing to pass a bill that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. The move worries voting rights advocates who say it would hinder ...
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Assessing Claims About the SAVE Act
The bill, H.R. 22—the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE)”—was introduced by Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas and would require Americans to provide “documentary proof of ...
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Concerns over election security prompted the SAVE Act. Some say it's voter suppression
The president of the League of Women Voters McLean County said a bill aimed at preventing voter fraud could make it difficult ...
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The SAVE Act could make it harder for many married women to vote. Here's what we know
It is true that the SAVE Act passed the House of Representatives in 2024 and the proposed legislation would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. However, the Senate did ...
Texas Rep. Chip Roy's SAVE Act reignites conversation over voter ID laws
Concerns about voter suppressions for married women and marginalized groups are top of mind as Rep. Chip Roy reintroduces SAVE Act to Congress.