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MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

8 months ago by Optional to c/microblogmemes

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The SAVE Act passed the House on Feb. 11, 2026 by a vote of 218-213 and is now in the Senate awaiting a vote. Voting is expected to take place next week, according to Thune. If and when it passes the Senate, it will go to the president for a final signature.

Will SAVE Act Prevent Married Women from Registering to Vote?

By Hadleigh Zinsner

Posted on February 28, 2025

Q: Is it true that under the SAVE Act married women will not be able to register to vote if their married name doesn’t match their birth certificate?

A: The proposed SAVE Act instructs states to establish a process for people whose legal name doesn’t match their birth certificate to provide additional documents. But voting rights advocates say that married women and others who have changed their names may face difficulty when registering because of the ambiguity in the bill over what documents may be accepted.

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ReluctantlyZen 51 points 8 months ago

Why on earth is a birth certificate used at all for identification?

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captainlezbian 46 points 8 months ago

It's proof of citizenship. But also, here it's a convenient and plausibly deniable way to disenfranchise people who vote differently than them.

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Zoomboingding 17 points 8 months ago

Yeah I'm guessing even most MAGA voters don't have a birth certificate handy, and certainly don't have passports. This just disenfranchises MOST Americans.

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ReluctantlyZen 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but that seems like a really dumb and not-all-encompassing proof of citizenship. That's why I asked. The 2nd part of your reaction makes sense and very likely accurate, but probably not the official reason right? Like, what is their public excuse for using it as proof of citizenship?

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AA5B 4 points 8 months ago

Here is a list of allowed document for a similar problem, for employment. Note that it categorizes the possibilities as ID, citizenship, and work authorization, and you may need one each from multiple groups. For example you might use a drivers license as ID and a certified birth certificate as proof of citizenship

It’s not quite the same since this allows identifying as from another country and with a valid work authorization, which do not apply to voting, but very similar

Obviously I’m not saying this is appropriate to mandate for voting but if we were, this is a well thought out answer to that sort of question.

It doesn’t address the voter suppression concern though

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Schadrach 1 point 8 months ago

No reason to use the I9 instead of the actual bill: https://www.congress.gov/...

That's the version that passed the house. And the relevant bit is near the top, section 2(b).

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Doomsider 2 points 8 months ago

Long form or short form? Lol

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