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Free ID for all Americans is the answer to this.

Yes, those who vote blue.

Weird that those are also the groups that majority vote against them as well. It's almost like it's targeted political revenge. I'm shocked people aren't shooting yet.

And vote against them. Always vote for Democrats.

Help as in we need to take extra steps so we can exercise our right to vote?

Creating with malicious intent to prevent citizens voting. The same bullshit they pulled in the UK a few years ago that disenfranchised 400,000 or so older voters, and people who neither drive or have a passport.. around 20% of the eligible population.

You ask legal experts. Did you ask any married women?

And research tells us single women are happier.

If men don’t have to do anything while women have to take extra steps, this law is discriminatory

It's the only objective.p

Certified copies, more hassle, more expense, more potential to prevent an eligible voter from exercising her constitutional right to vote. And all of this is besides the point.

Also, lots of husbands could hide these documents in order to control their wives/ property

Yes, I believe that’s true, if you have one. (I’m lucky. I do.) Unfortunately, millions do not, and with a price tag over $120 it is prohibitive to many these days. Requiring people to spend money in order to vote would be considered a Poll Tax, no?

You wanna see some real fire 🔥 tell women they can't vote anymore. The bill is ridiculous. I'm registered under my married name, which I've had for decades. My license (fl) has a gold star which means we brought our birth cert and any other dox needed.

An easier fix might be to allow a husband to verify their wife's vote? Or even more efficiently, to vote on their wife's behalf, so she can stay at home as is fitting?

On the daily

Just go ahead and make a law that only white people (men, women, trans) can vote. No paperwork is needed.

this should NOT pass in the Senate

They are trying to play the "both sides" game again.. It's not a stripping of rights, it's just a "talking point" .. after all.

A voter suppression law is designed to depress voter turnout with unnecessary hurtles. If we treated firearms access as we do voting, there would be a lot less gun owners.

Multiple steps and likely to cost money to (very) particular classes of Americans. POLL TAX The ‘save’ act is a lie and a sham.

Some of us red state ladies vote D.

This can not pass! m.youtube.com/watch?v=GwmJ...

Reason number 17 why not to change your name

So, are American women riding at dawn yet?

We should not have to prove anything to vote!!

Of course some did. But we failed to mobilize enough, and here we are. I just hope the fire will actually be lit for next time.

Some of us did!

I hope you’re wrong, but I tend to agree…

I voted for the woman.

White women always vote against their own self interest. They somehow think they are protected from the consequences of voting for the patriarchy. I’m so glad my parents taught me to think for myself.

What if we were abused by other Smiths and heal with a new name? I think the larger problem is other people dictating how to live. Don't force people to change their names. Don't force people to stay with a name.

Same with my maiden name! 😀

Social/Familial pressure to adhere to the Patriarchal expectation that a woman needs to show that she’s been “claimed” by a man.

You do know what they would do next

YES!

i’m not holding my breath.

They are in the minority.

They could but will they🤔

The dems, of course. No other reason for doing it.

States purge the voter rolls all the time. You’d need to re-register, if you move or make any changes you would have to re-register. Then you would need a passport or ID & birth certificate with matching names to re-register to vote.

@papst-ny.bsky.social

The answer it YES.

Ofc they’re trying to make it harder for women to vote. Let’s guess which states choose to accept those documents!

Wake up, America! This is what you voted for. If not, stand up for your rights.

Isn’t the point of the save act to attack women’s voice in government?

It was my understanding that the SAVE bill was gonna be DOA in the Senate. Johnson grandstanding, again🙄

Rethuglicans are doing EVERYTHING & ANYTHING to OBSTRUCT Justice in America!... This is a Party/Cult of Sick Ass Maniacs!

For the first time in my 30 year marriage, I had to order our legal marriage license to prove to my husband's employer we were legally married. My name was misspelled by the church on the official document. Guessing lots of women will find similar issues.

What BS. Help me? Because I got married?!?!?! Will men have to show a marriage license to vote? NO! Will single unmarried women have to show any proof of who they are? NO! This is DISCRIMINATION against married women, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

After the treasure hunt for supporting documents and the waiting for identification to be mailed, you will have spent between 8 and infinity hours searching, waiting and between $100 and Much More, to get your right as a US citizen to vote restored after the theft.

Seems to me that the new legislation will be ripe for legal challenges. Maybe the women’s suffrage moment will rise once again to march for their right to vote and this time men will march proudly along with them.

MEN DONT NEED TO DO THIS SHIT. And you don’t NEED ANY OF THIS TO BUY A GUN!

Whew. This makes me feel soooooo much better that I only have to show a marriage certificate. Thank god my voting rights are not being compromised.

It will be. The wording of it is specific. If there is any difference between the paperwork required for the name she legally has to be rejected at the door and not allowed to vote. You should be getting her all new documentation literally right now.

Any barrier that requires you to bring additional documents that would cost you money, time, effort to obtain is a violation of the 24th Amendment, unless every eligible voter is required to do the same.

Republicans will do anything for less votes

For most it is the convenience when having kids.. though more and more it’s less expected that the last name is universal in a family.

I totally get that, too!

Mass protest divorce. 🤘

It is indeed.

Isn’t it insane how the law allows others to control our lives to this degree? I couldn’t get my name OFF my ex’es debts but had zero credit score when we divorced. It’s hard to be a woman in this world.

Hmm no marriage license on the list.

So what's next? Your last name isn't identical between documents, that strikes you out. What if you got your license when you weighed 200 pounds & you show up after having lost 100? What if you had blonde hair when the photo was taken, & now it's brown? What then? Where does it end?

This will affect 21 million voters. This is voter suppression. Call it like it is!

Birth certificates cost money. This is a poll tax on the poor who do not currently have a birth certificate.

They should have included the same requirements for purchasing a firearm. This could have been something if the 2 sides worked together on compromises.

The voter suppression continues

Doge is gutting all the services where women would go for any additional documentation. They won’t even be able to get the documents needed. It’s by design.

I've been married 3 times! Lots of changes!

My advice is to get a passport if you don’t have one. Addresses multiple problems.

Thankyou. I thought a passport would work

It’s just dumb. Why do men get away with this bullshit and why do so many women allow it?

Such an extra burden on women is bullshit.

In other words, yes, it will make it harder. 🙄

Republicans can’t afford to have too many people vote, because they’re unpopular! Trump only “won” in 2024 because of massive voter suppression. Two million votes tossed out bc gop activists challenged them!

The GOP is very proficient inventing new methods for vote suppression! #RICO GOP #USDemocracy

Rather hard to take your organization seriously when you just posted on this site about rich entertainment celebrities and Jeff Bezos’ woman heading into “space” and called them “crew.” I expect better of you.

I took my husband last name 47 years ago. If I had known the Republicans would Pass a Bill that would take My Voting Rights Away.

Yes it will

Illinois takes 12 weeks now to process birth certificate requests. That’s just to process the form request. So I had to get an expedited service. $58 to get two raised seal copies. Appointments for new passports are booked a month out here in my state. Plan ahead and pony up a lot of cash.

We eon't be able to enter federal buildings, either. You have to have real I D??

It's a blatantly unconstitutional poll tax. Period.

I think the goal is to control women.

You have to have an birth certificate with the stamp or seal, not a copy and apply via social security. If you don’t have your birth certificate you need a court order.

What next? Divorced women who kept their ex's surname have to show documents that they were born then married and then divorced and the judge allowed them to keep their ex's surname? This is not going to go well for Republicans and 4 Democrats. What about the children in these cases?

I think this gives women one more reason NOT to get married.

A pink poll tax.

Who keeps those documents handy or has any reason to do so? You don’t need those for a passport.