W. A. Lawrence: Republicans Will Detonate Their Secret Weapon at the Midnight Hour to Stop Women from Voting

[AStern]

The Republican Senate will pass the SAVE Act at the midnight hour before the midterms, and tens of millions of women will discover their names don’t match their birth certificates when fixing the crisis has become impossible.

Imagine arriving at your polling place in November only to be turned away because you changed your name when you got married. You’ve voted for 20 years with valid identification. Nothing matters. The SAVE Act passed the House in April, and 69 million American women are about to discover their names don’t match their birth certificates while the deadline to fix the problem has already closed.

You arrive at your polling place the same as every election since 2004 with the same precinct, same poll workers, and same ritual of civic participation, but this time the worker scans your driver’s license, frowns, types into the computer, then looks up with an apologetic expression that will replay in nightmares.

“I’m sorry, but your documents don’t match. Your license says Martinez, but your birth certificate says Chen. I can’t give you a ballot.”

https://wendy664.substack.com/p/republicans-will-detonate-their-secret

[slightlv]

1. I don't doubt something like this is coming...

I've been yelling for years they want to stop women from voting. But to this article, in particular, I wonder... if you've gone through all the hassle, spent all the money, gathered the necessary documents from around the country, and FINALLY made it to your "Real ID"... will that be enough? Or is the REAL ID not going to be "Real" enough for them any longer? Oh... try to stop me from voting. I'll be jailed, no doubt, because of my mouth and my actions. I've voted in every election... city, county, school board, state, and federal since I was 18, even while I was in the Air Force. I WILL bloody scream like murder if they try to stop THIS veteran from exercising her rights!

[maptap22]

8. And I will be right there with you .... also woman veteran here, voted in every election since I was 18

Would this be the thing to finally wake R woman up to the fact that they think we are second class citizens?

[Skittles]

2. I wish women would stop changing their names

nothing says inequality like giving up your identity

[LymphocyteLover]

9. Sure, but it has been traditional to do so for centuries and shouldn't be used to keep women from voting

[FakeNoose]

3. R women would be locked out from voting, maybe even more than Democratic women

I don't believe this scenario would ever really happen, and the Repukes would be stupid to try it. They would lose a good portion of their own voters by doing this.

Aren't liberal/Dem/blue voters more likely to be using their own birthnames, while R women are more likely to have changed to their husband's name?

[nilram]

4. And we know 7 Democrats who will help them.

[LymphocyteLover]

10. Really? I don't know any Dem who would vote for this. We're the party of voting and this bill is an abomination.

[SunSeeker]

5. The SAVE Act passed the House and is in the Senate.

Where Republicans are trying to make it even more draconian.


https://www.newsweek.com/republican-reveals-plans-change-save-act-requirements-11384723

[Baitball Blogger]

6. What if you legally did a name change and

Have a certificate to prove it?

[ColoringFool]

7. FINALLY, The DEMISE Of The Republican Party!