How the Republican War on Women Extends to Voting Rights
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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.

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.

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    45·
    2 months 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 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      38·
      2 months 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 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      2 months 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.