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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 173 points 2 days ago (47 children)

IANAL but in my reading of the text of the bill the only way for a married woman that took her partner's last name (that wasn't in the military with her married name) to be able to vote if this becomes law is for them to spend at least $30 to get a USA Passport card. This would tick all the boxes the bill requires for these women:

  • Government ID
  • Shows citizenship status (by nature of it being a Passport)
  • Shows place of birth
  • Shows the married last name

...or as I'm calling it:

This is violation of the 24th Amendment banning poll Taxes.

In this case, its a required fee married women must pay to be able to use their Constitutional guaranteed right to vote granted by the 19th Amendment. How is this not a poll tax by another name on married women?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

It always seems to me that this wouldn't be such a big problem if the US had a working bureaucracy. I know $30 can be a significant sum (plus the pictures and other expenses) but it would be less of a hurdle if

  • relevant offices were within reasonable distance
  • they were sufficiently manned
  • all or part of the process could be done online
  • the government actually strives to make these processes as user-friendly as possible

This is something Americans rarely talk about because it's just assumed that everybody knows? Maybe somebody could explain to a EU dweller.

edit: maybe I didn't phrase this properly. I'm fully aware that preventing people from voting has a long "tradition" in the US; my question was more general I guess, and meant as an "in addition to the points already mentioned".

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 37 points 2 days ago

Worse getting the card is a major pita with the documentation and photo and having to mail it for first time.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 151 points 2 days ago (27 children)

I love how they never once mention in the article that Republicans wrote the bill, proposed it, and 100% of them voted in favor of it.

But, despite all that...the headline still reads, "Democrats passed it".

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 160 points 2 days ago

Because we expect that from Republicans. It’s the democrats defecting that is the worrisome part.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 98 points 2 days ago (12 children)

The fact that Republicans want to take away peoples' ability to vote isn't really news, but the fact that any Democrats supported it is.

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[–] goofus@lemmy.today 95 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Henry Cuellar, and Ed Case

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago

im not surprised these DINOs are here, theres like 10 in then senate and probably just as many in the house.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago

they are called collaborators. Nazi Collaborators..

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