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?
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.
I'm worried that this is a distraction to introduce a similar, but somehow less widespread bill. Like "oh boy, yeah this would disallow more women than intended to vote. Here's the new bill that only disallows people with unmatching first names to avoid voter fraud (or whatever)." ...And thus trans people can't vote.
This is the intent of the bill as it is written. These bigots were so excited about denying rights to trans people that they didn’t even consider that it might disenfranchise cis women.
Though for these crusty old cunts, that’s just a bonus!
Wouldn't that also hurt all kinds oft people who changed their name for other reasons? Like people who had a Tragedeigh name or artists who took on a different name.
Yes, why would they care?
I'm aware they don't care, I was just thinking that they might make more people angry than 'only' the targeted out-group. Also it would be funny if some rich Hollywood stars couldn't vote because they changed their name for their career.
Rich Hollywood stars have passports???
Yep, and I think that anti-trans rights people would be more than happy to throw other people under the bus to assure that trans people lose their rights.
A lot of artists don't change their legal name. They sign contracts with and their IDs have their government name.
They can use it as an excuse to remove voting entirely ; that is the aim.