• floofloof@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    According to the Pew Research Center, 69 million women who have taken their spouse’s name do not have a birth certificate matching their legal name and could find it much harder to register to vote under the bill.

    So, among other things, this is a step towards the Republican goal of denying women the vote.

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      Women of course, but also poor people and immigrants are far less likely to have all of the requisite documentation. Plus it’s an opportunity to snipe at transgender people.

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        I work with the homeless all over the country and the most common theme is that they rarely have all the paperwork to get their ID.

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          I talk to a lot of people who think voter ID requirements are no big deal, because they have always had an ID. They cannot fathom anyone living a life that doesn’t conform to their experiences.

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        Honestly i’m gonna laugh when the 2nd gen immigrant vote turns out because they all have passports to visit family.

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          Why do you think they are targeting birthright citizenship? Just gonna declare all those minorities illegal immigrants and ship them to the concentration camps in El Salvador.

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      alot of women, especially conservatives relegate thier voting to thier husbands, they vote themselves typically.