A GOP proposal would mean Arizona's 1.5 million married women could lose voting access [View all]

The SAVE Act isn’t about Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility — it’s about making it harder for millions of American citizens to vote by imposing unnecessary and burdensome documentation requirements.

If passed, the SAVE Act will require all Arizonans — more than 5 million voting-age citizens — to provide documentary proof of citizenship in person when registering to vote, updating their voter registration, and even casting their ballot. This requirement means they must present as documentary proof of citizenship 1) a passport or 2) a birth certificate accompanied by a government issued photo ID, and the name on the ID must match your birth certificate exactly.

Online and mail-in voter registration — lifelines for rural voters — would be eliminated, forcing people to travel in person during business hours to an election office just to register or update their information. For rural Arizonans and members of tribal nations, this could mean an eight-hour round trip, sometimes even requiring crossing state lines.

Married women: Over 1.5 million married women in Arizona have changed their last names after marriage, meaning their birth certificates no longer match their current legal names. Studies show that 80% of married women take their spouse’s last name, leaving them without a birth certificate that reflects their legal identity. Marriage licenses won’t count as proof. If you don’t have a passport, you’ll be forced into a costly, time-consuming process to obtain new documentation. Nationwide, 69 million women face this barrier.



https://azmirror.com/2025/03/24/save-act-would-mean-arizonas-1-5-million-married-women-could-lose-voting-access/