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.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    16 hours ago

    this is a hack bit, but I love American law acronyms, because they are so wildly against the title.

    like they could draft legislation called the Save Our Schools Act (SOS) and the executive summary would be about how the legislation turns every school in America into an artillery free fire zone and authorizes the military to drone strike every teacher in the US .