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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I fixed a typo in the text.

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 1 points 3 hours ago

I think when I was a boy in the 1970s that was already dated and it had a old-timey vibe. I couldn't have imagined somebody like Steve McQueen using it. But James Cagney in a black and white movie - sure.

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Maybe the writer doesn't realize how dated it is because one of his parents has a fondness for it. Or maybe it's a regional thing.