Overview
- Streep, who raised the issue Wednesday on The Late Show, said married women who changed their names would be forced to prove their identity to vote.
- NewsBusters and Breitbart criticized her comments as misinformation and noted voters can update their names with state election offices as they do now.
- Fox News summarized the GOP-backed SAVE Act as requiring proof of citizenship, expanding data checks with agencies like DHS, removing noncitizens from rolls, and adding penalties for registering noncitizens.
- Rep. Chip Roy pointed to language he says allows a voter to sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury to reconcile a birth name with a married name.
- Democratic leaders call the bill voter suppression, with Sen. Chuck Schumer labeling it “Jim Crow 2.0,” and the proposal remains under partisan debate.