The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on August 20, 1920 giving women the right to vote. And now Republicons want to neuter it with something obscenely titled the SAVE Act. The “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act” could be voted on in the House of Representatives today. A similar bill is being assembled in the Senate. Here are some excerpts from the sources in the citations below.
”Although supporters say the bill protects elections from illegal voting, opponents note that noncitizen voting is already illegal under federal law, and instances of it are extremely rare. An audit in Georgia found only 20 noncitizens attempted to register among 8.4 million voters, all of whom were flagged and referred to law enforcement.”
”The SAVE Act would impose new federal requirements for proving citizenship during voter registration, potentially affecting millions of eligible voters who lack immediate access to documentation. The Brennan Center for Justice estimates more than 21 million voting-age U.S. citizens lack documentary proof of citizenship readily available.”
”Much of the documentation listed under the SAVE Act is based on having a birth certificate that matches the person registering to vote. However, as many as 69 million married women in the United States have changed their legal name since getting married, meaning their name does not match their birth certificate, per the Center for American Progress.”
Voting by non-citizens is already illegal. This legislation is Fascism on full display - especially if you have difficulty finding a birth certificate or don’t have a passport…or if you are a woman who married and changed her name…duh!
”House Republicans — with five Democrats — passed a version of SAVE Act in 2024, after House Speaker Mike Johnson joined Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago to tie the president’s anti-immigration agenda to “election integrity.” Elon Musk had even suggested that anyone who voted against the bill should be executed for treason. “Those who oppose this are traitors,” he wrote on X at the time. “What is the penalty for traitors again?”
”The SAVE Act and Trump’s order are “about MAGA Republicans wanting to choose their voters,” according to Susan Corke, executive director of bipartisan pro-democracy group State Democracy Defenders Action.”
“Republican lawmakers are “deliberately rigging the system to silence our voices and seize power for themselves” while Trump is “laying the groundwork for mass voter disenfranchisement,” she said in a statement.”
The “SAVE Act” is a continuation of the LIE that the 2020 election was stolen. The Fascists have been repeating the lie ever since King $Trump launched it. There is NO PROOF of election fraud. NONE. And yet the Fascists will repeat and repeat and repeat until the dunderheads who don’t read believe it.
Need more evidence that the Fascists are vindictive liars? In a November 29, 2020 interview on 60 Minutes, King $Trump’s personally selected head of election security (CISA) Chris Krebs wrapped up with this statement:
“Scott Pelley: The president says you're dead wrong about election security, and to him you say what?
Chris Krebs: There is no foreign power that is flipping votes. There's no domestic actor flipping votes. I did it right. We did it right. This was a secure election.”
And now, in a continuation of his Vicious Vengeance Tour, in the face of NO EVIDENCE that the 2020 election had any fraud - King $Trump is on the attack, ordering an investigation of Republican Chris Krebs. Using OUR Justice Department as his personal law firm - again. I wonder what AG Pam Bondi’s retainer is.
Over 60 court cases were thrown out as bogus and frivolous efforts to challenge the legitimacy of the election. Krebs was in charge. He speaks the truth. This is all Fascism with a capital F. This is out of the “1984” and Putin Playbook. Lie, lie and lie. And lie some more.
In the meantime, King $Trump will be focusing on cutting off food and emergency aid around the world - and for OUR OWN KIDS. I am pissed off and horrified.
But if I were a woman I think my head would be exploding with astonishment and rage at the idea that in some states my right to vote will be fragile because I married someone. So much for “family values”. But maybe if this Fascist legislation passes, it will disenfranchise many “Trad Wives”. And if a woman decides to keep her name upon marriage, how might she be likely to vote? Hmm. Sweet irony?
Where is June Osborne just when you need her?
https://www.newsweek.com/save-act-congress-voting-women-will-trump-sign-2057511
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/save-act-republicans-trump-voter-id-b2727571.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-results-security-chris-krebs-60-minutes-2020-11-29/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-orders-probes-two-former-officials-defied-rcna200523
The bill to make voting HARDER for citizens to vote - passed the House 220 - 208. Success in the Senate is not assured. But you never know. Please contact your Senators.
"When Republicans first introduced the legislation last year, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said while it’s tough to prove migrants are voting in U.S. elections, it’s something the party “intuitively” knows is happening.
“We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections. But it’s not been something that is easily provable.
NOT EASILY PROVABLE !!!
Remember these names:
Four Democrats — Reps. Ed Case (Hawaii), Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) — voted with all Republicans in favor.
This was all unnecessary and stupid. People who are not citizens don't want to get in trouble for voting and possibly get imprisoned. The rate of people who are voting illegally is minuscule, and this is simply Republican grandstanding.