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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 were to change 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.”
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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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A Florida voter registration application. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
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…
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