Hillary Scholten, left, pictured alongside an "Only Citizens Vote" sign, right. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images; Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
However, under Michigan law, marriage isn’t listed as one of the reasons to correct a birth certificate.
According to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, citizens may only change their birth certificate to correct a birth record, change a sex designation, correct a place of birth or amend a parental record.
Scholten, like many Democrats, has voiced opposition to the SAVE America Act — a bill that would require federal voter registrants to present government-issued photo ID to verify their citizenship.
The bill would also require a photo ID to vote.
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Attendees listen at an "Only Citizens Vote" bus tour rally advocating passage of the SAVE Act at Upper Senate Park outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
"The SAVE Act itself contemplates these name changes and provides protections so that Americans who have changed their names — because of marriage or otherwise — are not prevented from voting," the group's page reads.
"The bipartisan federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is commanded by the SAVE Act to establish guidelines for states to accept supplementary documents — for instance, a marriage license — to prove citizenship when a voter’s birth certificate and current name do not match. Those on the Left who claim that the SAVE Act will disenfranchise millions of married women are simply wrong; they ought to read the bill’s text and see that it provides mechanisms to ensure that this does not happen."
Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, another advocate of the SAVE America Act, similarly noted that the bill specifically accounts for Scholten's concerns and blasted her description of what the legislation aims to do.
"The bill directs states to create a process to address discrepancies with name changes. Claiming that the SAVE America Act disenfranchises married women is a fallacy intended to fearmonger women into opposing election security," Gooden said.
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Scholten’s office did not respond to a request for clarification on her statement.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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