Hillary Clinton is claiming that Republican voter legislation will make it harder for married women to vote — an assertion GOP lawmakers and officials already say they've debunked. (Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)
The president said the legislation is critical in order to stop "illegal aliens and other unpermitted persons from voting."
Congressional Democrats have panned the SAVE Act as a tool of voter suppression — saying it's a bill that allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to monitor Americans’ voter information and create barriers for married women to vote, among several other claims.
The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, mandate states to actively verify and remove noncitizens from voter rolls, expand information sharing with federal agencies, including DHS, to verify citizenship and create new criminal penalties for registering noncitizens to vote.
President Donald Trump delivered the longest-ever State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Among other forms of valid paperwork, voters can also display a passport, a REAL ID or a military identification card to prove their citizenship.
Conservative legal group The Federalist Society presented a breakdown of the bill, which explicitly says that Americans who have changed their names — because of marriage or otherwise — are "not prevented from voting."
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"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," the group’s page reads. "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."
Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.
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