It's being referred to as a privilege that can be taken away. There has been discussion among the ultra right in the last four years of making the male head of household the only one with voting rights.
This law is being pushed to "protect the integrity of votes" by only letting people vote if their name matches their birth certificate, which would put up a barrier to climb over for married women who have changed their last name and trans people whose names don't match their birth certificate and people who don't have access to or the money to get a copy of their birth certificate.
Oh my fucking god. Like ... I knew that the US politics were derailed/deranged but. Wait, I'm actually surprised that I'm surprised by this. It's ... Consistent.
Thanks for this anyway, today I learned something - although the thing itself is shitty the learning isn't ๐
I'm a divorced cisgender woman who legally changed my name to something that is neither my maiden name nor my married name and got a new birth certificate to back it up. I wonder if I'd get around their stupid rules or if they'd just drag me out back and execute me.
Thankfully I found a doctor who permanently took care of that problem forever :) I am one of the conservatives' nightmares: a divorced 30-something single cat lady who can't have babies, lives alone, and works a fuck ton of hours to pay all my own bills. I'm also useless as a housewife and I curse a fuckton. Meek tradwife/breeding material I am not.
It's being referred to as a privilege that can be taken away. There has been discussion among the ultra right in the last four years of making the male head of household the only one with voting rights.
This law is being pushed to "protect the integrity of votes" by only letting people vote if their name matches their birth certificate, which would put up a barrier to climb over for married women who have changed their last name and trans people whose names don't match their birth certificate and people who don't have access to or the money to get a copy of their birth certificate.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-re-coming-after-women-s-suffrage-republicans-reintroduce-save-act-to-create-voting-barriers-for-married-women/ar-AA1yPLkD
The Pentagon says Pete Hegseth supports women's right to vote, even though he reposts videos of church leaders saying they should not vote.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/politics/pentagon-hegseth-womens-right-to-vote
Oh my fucking god. Like ... I knew that the US politics were derailed/deranged but. Wait, I'm actually surprised that I'm surprised by this. It's ... Consistent.
Thanks for this anyway, today I learned something - although the thing itself is shitty the learning isn't ๐
I'm a divorced cisgender woman who legally changed my name to something that is neither my maiden name nor my married name and got a new birth certificate to back it up. I wonder if I'd get around their stupid rules or if they'd just drag me out back and execute me.
Depends on your state of fertility. You may be given a red dress and assigned to a new house. Blessed be the fruit.
Thankfully I found a doctor who permanently took care of that problem forever :) I am one of the conservatives' nightmares: a divorced 30-something single cat lady who can't have babies, lives alone, and works a fuck ton of hours to pay all my own bills. I'm also useless as a housewife and I curse a fuckton. Meek tradwife/breeding material I am not.