The SAVE Act passed the House on Feb. 11, 2026 by a vote of 218-213 and is now in the Senate awaiting a vote. Voting is expected to take place next week, according to Thune. If and when it passes the Senate, it will go to the president for a final signature.

Will SAVE Act Prevent Married Women from Registering to Vote?

By Hadleigh Zinsner

Posted on February 28, 2025

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. But voting rights advocates say that married women and others who have changed their names may face difficulty when registering because of the ambiguity in the bill over what documents may be accepted.

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  • minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    They’ll go after each demographic whose voting habits favour democrats: Immigrants, women, educated, non-christian, poor, lbgtq+, young, non-white. Whichever ones you belong to, makes you a potential target of voter disenfranchisement. At he same time making it easier for: old, male, white, Christian, wealthy, uneducated, straight, multi-generational American.

    • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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      4 days ago

      Death by a thousand cuts. Each issue by itself might evoke a shrug, but put it all together, a very clear picture emerges.

      BTW (and I’m sure you know) this has been going on for waaaay longer than MAGA. Arguably since the USA’s independence. Every conservative president seems to have added a little bit. The system is near completely eroded.

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      As a non white lol why can’t I vote? I’m a legal citizen I will have no issue. I would like to know what rights the whites have over me?

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        Rights? Have you been paying attention?

        They’re blatantly and regularly violating the first, second, fourth, and fifth amendments whenever they feel like it.

        They’re absolutely going to have ICE around harassing anyone they think might vote blue, particularly people of color.

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          It’s feels weird Dems assuming I have less rights than them based on my ethnicity. What’s worse is I feel like Dems are trying to come from a good place with a good heart. But it’s starting to scare me that a group of people are ok with Latinos becoming second class citizens. As an illegal immigrant you can’t join a union or big company to get a good job. It’s causing illegal immigrants to have no choice but to take this jobs to survive.

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              3 days ago

              Lol so your answer is a catch phrase. Cause I notice the harm of using my people as a political football. This is why the part system is fucking stupid. Your fans just trying to help your team not the actual people

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                It’s NOT a “catch phrase,” it’s literally the opening of the Declaration of Independence, in which it is declared that our nation is founded on the concept that we have been endowed by GOD to have the INALIENABLE rights to Life, Liberty, and the a pursuit of Happiness.

                Its not a catch phrase, it’s literally the foundation of American Democracy.

                You have proven your ignorance for all to see. Stop talking now.

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        You don’t know if you won’t have issues or not. Their whole goal is to create issues.

        Live in a black area of a county in GA? Close down the polling station.

        Look Hispanic near a polling station? Maybe ICE tackles you and arrests you for no reason.

        Woman and your name doesn’t match? No vote.

        It’s really not hard to understand what they’re trying to do. Whites don’t have more rights than you on paper. They would love to change that, and they start by bending and then breaking the law.