The House bill, titled the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, passed by a vote of 220 to 208. It would require states to obtain in-person proof of citizenship—such as a passport or birth certificate—from individuals seeking to register to vote.
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You succeeded in finding the answer to the question “How can we implement a poll tax without calling it a poll tax?”
Most folks with name changes would be required to get a passport to pass this new Citizenship challenge.
https://mostpolicyinitiative.org/science-note/citizenship-marking-on-drivers-licenses/
Please repost
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
Every day we wake up to a new nightmare.
And legislators *passed* it in the House. They wanted to disenfranchise voters (women and the trans community). Sit with that for a minute.
Dastardly.
Having to show a birth certificate that matches your current legal name is intentional to prevent people from being able to vote.
This is, in particular, voter suppression aimed at women.
For fuck's sake, if you want to require a photo ID, I might not storm streets down in opposition, but this fucking poll tax (takes time and money to get a passport) and discriminatory bullshit? Let's roll!
Or people who were never issued birth certificates.
Or anyone who changes their name, for any reason.
Or anyone who changes their outside to match who they truly are on the inside.
So, really, anyone not a white man.
Here’s my April 5 protest sign and it’s what I will use in the future. I had to explain the SAVE Act to everyone. 😔 Voting is a fundamental right for all.
Democrats are in on all of this.
Smells like Elon Musk....the redundant cologne.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-often-register-vote-2024/
Just wait til most married women realize they can't vote without a current passport
Do the children get hyphened names?Weren’t you against that as being too effete?
I’m getting a headache trying to keep up with all these rules
…and since passports and replacement iD aren’t free, or easy to obtain, there’s the added bonus of disenfranchising the poor as well.
That's how you know this isn't about proving citizenship.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/h102
• Jared Golden, Maine (@golden.house.gov)
• Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Washington (@gluesenkampperez.house.gov)
• Henry Cuellar, Texas (@repcuellar.govpeeps.us)
• Ed Case, Hawaii
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisible.org/post/3lmi6mgzptk2c
Am I misinterpreting something? https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/text#HF9C4230ABBF848E2B68E87674A390EB2
It's a Poll tax.
It can be used to cause GREAT DAMAGE,
kill more people then any man with a gun can.
And should be lightly restricted to people with the barest modicum of responsibility
If it were my vote they we coming for, I'd be making a lot more noise right now. You're halfway to losing it.
LET YOUR REPS KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING THEIR EVERY MOVE AS PUBLIC SERVANTS.
Use the 5 call website. It walks you through the whole process.
https://5calls.org/
Women whose present name does not match their birth certificate name due to a recent marriage.
Its purpose is to make voting harder for 70 million of our citizens. 🩷👠💪🏻🇺🇸
I think younger, progressive generations have gotten away from that. And people thought I was crazy in 1981 when I said I would never change my name again. Hah!
They know they can’t win without voter repression
IF YOU HAVE $ GET YOURS NOW!
They earn their loneliness epidemic.
Only 1 in 4 Americans with a high school degree or less have a valid passport.
Only 1 in 5 Americans with income below $50,000 have a valid passport. So impacting less well off.
(Spoiler: it is not.)
And it doesn't say 'original' on it anywhere. It says 'certified copy.
Look yours up on the internet.
“Certificate of Live Birth” is what mine says.
This is targeted voter suppression.
Lawmakers approved the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act in a 220-208 vote, with four Democrats — Reps. Ed Case of Hawaii; Henry Cuellar of Texas; Jared Golden of Maine; and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state —
https://act.indivisible.org/sign/tell-your-senators-to-oppose-hr-22-s-128/
His legal name is James David Vance, usually reported in the news as his chosen version, JD Vance.
As for properly changing the birth certificate name, JD Vance is in a cadre of people for whom laws don't apply to them anymore.
He'll vote illegally with a wink and a smile, and his vote will count anyway.
Please repost
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
We must assume they won't play by the rules and then over come them with rules, reason and decency. We need more of the hearts and minds of those who've been red pilled.
I’ll go back to my maiden name and all women going forward will just keep their maiden names. Thank you for helping us fix this fucking antiquated idea
Fucking republicans🙄🙄🙄
Lets b real
GOP will ensure the facist aren't disenfranchised
Remember “Citizens United” — which only unites Americans in being fucked by BIG MONEY!!!
I wrote them all a note on social media.
The Tories did the same over there - but, I believe, to a lesser extent.
Our one just requires photo ID to vote, but it happens to be harder for young or poor people to get an acceptable ID...
If there were no electoral college, the GOP and MAGA would seldom if ever win.
We’re not - never have been, inferior to men.
Brave, strong suffragettes, some our ancestors, fought for years for the “right” to vote - scarcely 100 years ago.
Please don’t be bullied by these misogynists and racists.
Resist. Make them afraid of us.
cooooolcoolcoolcool...
And let's not forget that Republican states love to do voter purges
https://senate.gov
Jared Golden, ME
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, WA
Henry Cuellar, TX
Ed Case, HI
At least that doesn’t cost as much as a Passport, or a tattered Birth Certificate.
I want my FREE PASSPORT. 🤨
we're feelin' french 🍾 c. 1789
They do so many freaking crazy things at the same time. That makes it hard to pay attention or even and to get to know what they're about to do on the senate and house floor.
And it's usually really bad stuff like the save act
House Democrats Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Henry Cuellar and Ed Case voted in support.
Everybody hammer these clowns, regardless of where you live in the country. Voting against our Democratic principles, this shit's unacceptable.
Voted to censure Al Green.
Voted to condemn Biden’s handling of US border.
Voted against student debt relief
Voted with Rs on the National Defense Authorization Act that didn’t allow the Pentagon to pay for abortion&transgender surgeries.
~"white" girl w/Spanish last name on bc😘
Cuellar - TX-28
Perez - WA-03
Case - HI-01
#RepublicansSuck
VOTE. THEM. OUT.
VOTE THEM OUT!
SIGN PKFOYU to 50409
No on Save act. I surely hope the senate blocks this. It will disenfranchise millions of voters, especially women who change their names after marriage.
aren’t
fighting this harder is blowing my mind.
#NoTaxationWORepresentation