The GOP Save Act would disenfranchise married women if they took their husband’s name. Their current ID wouldn’t match their birth certificate. Most women vote Democratic... (newrepublic.com)

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Most women vote Democratic. And most still change their name when they marry. And that’s where the GOP sees an Achilles’ heel.

September 19, 2024

Republicans don’t want women to vote. They now think they may have a strategy that could prevent them from doing so. House Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump were pushing the [Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act], or SAVE Act, demanding it be part of must-pass legislation to fund the federal government for another year (the funding runs out at the end of this month, and then the shutdown begins).

It died in the House Wednesday night, but, like a bad penny, you can bet it’ll return.

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[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 45 points 1 month ago

Not to be too much of a lib, but this is why I push back on the “if voting changed anything they’d make it illegal.”

Because they’re making it illegal.

[-] regul@hexbear.net 38 points 1 month ago

Here's what voting changes: who gets to control the graft machine.

You can't give your buddy lucrative no-bid contracts if you don't control the right levers.

They're fighting very hard to keep themselves in their cushy jobs where nothing is expected of them.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

But watch as one side pushes the agenda and the other side allows them to do it in the name of "compromise." This is why voting changes nothing. You can vote for the people doing the bad thing or you can vote for the people shaking their hand while they do it. There is no difference.