Democrat claims SAVE Act would block married women from voting; Republicans say that's wrong

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Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., is claiming that under Republican-led voter integrity legislation, married women would find themselves unable to vote unless they changed their birth certificate to match other government-issued ID. "Nearly 70 million married women in this country have changed their last name, but their birth certificates don’t reflect that," Scholten said at a press event, explaining her opposition to the SAVE America Act. "In Michigan’s third district alone, 167,000 women could find themselves unable to register simply because when they got married, they didn’t change both their ID and their birth certificate." SCHUMER FACES BACKLASH AFTER CALLING SAVE ACT 'JIM CROW' DESPITE PREVIOUS ALLEGATION FALLING FLAT 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. HAKEEM JEFFRIES PRESSED ON DEMOCRAT OPPOSITION TO VOTER ID In their view, the bill creates too many obstacles for voters to participate in federal elections. "Republicans are trying to sell the SAVE Act as a way to stop non-citizens from voting, but we know that’s already illegal. What this bill really does is make it harder for citizens to vote, especially women," Scholten said when the House considered an earlier version of the legislation last year. Although the bill lists a birth certificate as one way voters can confirm their identity, it does not specify a last-name match requirement in the manner Scholten described. Instead, voters can use "a certified birth certificate issue…