1. United States
2. Ky.
3. Letter

The proposed SAVE Act poses a grave threat to the voting rights of millions of American women. By requiring documentation such as a passport or birth certificate that matches a voter's current legal name, the bill would disenfranchise an estimated 69 million married women who took their spouse's last name. This requirement is not only burdensome but unnecessary, as it is already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections. The minuscule instances of non-citizen voting do not justify erecting such barriers that would strip countless women of their constitutional right to vote. This legislation is a thinly veiled attempt to suppress the votes of women, who have consistently leaned towards voting for Democratic candidates in recent elections. It undermines the principles of representative democracy by seeking to exclude a significant portion of the electorate based solely on their gender and marital status. The right to vote is a cornerstone of our democracy, and any effort to curtail that right for political gain must be vehemently opposed. The SAVE Act is a dangerous overreach that threatens to roll back decades of progress in securing voting rights for all Americans. It is imperative that this misguided and discriminatory legislation be rejected to uphold the integrity of our electoral process and protect the fundamental rights of women voters across the nation.