Fact check: Which federal bill requires a person to have their voter registration match their birth certificate

1. Summary of the results

Based on the analyses provided, no federal bill currently requires a person's voter registration to exactly match their birth certificate. However, the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act) is the primary federal legislation that comes closest to addressing the question's intent ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}.

The SAVE Act would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections, which can include:

• A U.S. passport
• A birth certificate (often combined with government-issued photo ID)
• Naturalization paperwork ^{[2] [6] [4]}

The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 requires voters to prove residency or identity but does not explicitly require voter registration to match a birth certificate ^[7].

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

The original question lacks several important contextual elements:

• Married women face particular challenges under the SAVE Act, as those whose names do not match their birth certificates may need to show additional documentation ^[6]. This demographic would be disproportionately affected by such requirements.
• State-level initiatives are also pursuing similar requirements. California Republican lawmakers have launched campaigns to require voter ID and proof of citizenship at the polls ^[8], indicating this is not solely a federal issue.
• Recent executive action by President Donald Trump has ordered documentary proof of United States citizenship for federal elections, which could include birth certificates but doesn't require exact matching ^[3].
• The question assumes such a bill exists and is currently law, when in fact the SAVE Act represents proposed legislation that has passed the House but faces implementation challenges.

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The original question contains a false premise by asking "which federal bill requires" rather than "does any federal bill require," implying that such a requirement definitively exists when the analyses show it does not ^{[1] [2] [7] [8] [4] [5]}.

The framing suggests certainty about a requirement that doesn't currently exist in federal law. While the SAVE Act would establish proof-of-citizenship requirements, none of the sources indicate it mandates that voter registration information must precisely match birth certificate details - rather, it requires presenting acceptable documentation during the registration process.

This type of question could benefit political actors who want to either promote stricter voting requirements or oppose them by creating confusion about what current law actually requires versus what proposed legislation might establish.