What the Suffragettes Won, the SAVE America Act Threatens: Understanding the Save America Act’s Impact and Protecting Voting Rights for Women and Marginalized Communities

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What the Suffragettes Won, the SAVE America Act Threatens: Understanding the Save America Act’s Impact and Protecting Voting Rights for Women and Marginalized Communities

Program Originally Presented Monday, March 30, 2026

This CLE examines the SAVE America Act (S. 1383) (“SAVE Act”), recently passed by the House and awaiting Senate consideration, which requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration in federal elections. The SAVE America Act will disproportionately burden an estimated 21.3 million eligible voters who lack required documentation, particularly impacting women (approximately 69 million whose birth certificates no longer match their current legal names), low-income voters, transgender individuals, and communities of color.

Attendees will learn about the SAVE America Act's provisions, including elimination of mail and online registration, mandatory in-person documentation requirements, and potential criminal penalties for election officials. Panelists will discuss how documentation requirements replicate historical disenfranchisement tactics and what legal professionals can do to educate and help eligible voters—regardless of name changes or documentation access—exercise their fundamental right to vote.

Attend this program to understand the Save America Act’s potential impact on voting rights for women and marginalized communities, and how legal professionals can help eligible voters continue to exercise their right to vote.

Moderator:
Sujaya S. Rajguru, Esq.
Staff Attorney, Women's Law Project 
Co-Chair, Women's Rights Committee

Panelists:
Chi-Ser Tran, Esq. (she/her)
Supervising Attorney, SSI Unit and Language Access Project
Community Legal Services

Jessica Jones Capparell
Director of Government Affairs
League of Women Voters of the United States

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