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Short answer: yes. (Will the SAVE act affect women already registered to vote?) - Anna Connelly (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Feb 14 OP
Irrelevant. It needs 60 votes in the senate NoRethugFriends Feb 14 #1
Not if the Senate blows up the filibuster to pass the bill. TomSlick Feb 14 #2
Women: DON'T TAKE YOUR HUSBAND'S LAST NAME mainer Feb 14 #3
How about hyphenated ones? Bayard Feb 14 #4
We'd still have problems voting mainer Feb 14 #6
Not going to help the rest of us either durablend Feb 14 #5

TomSlick

(12,983 posts)
2. Not if the Senate blows up the filibuster to pass the bill.
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 12:26 PM
Feb 14

Voter suppression is job one for the GOP. They know they are headed for a thumping in the midterms and in 2028. Voter suppression is essential if the GOP is to maintain control.

This may be the bill that kills the filibuster.

mainer

(12,546 posts)
3. Women: DON'T TAKE YOUR HUSBAND'S LAST NAME
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 01:15 PM
Feb 14

From now on, it'll be mostly MAGA wives changing their names on marriage, because their husbands will insist on it. Ownership, you know, that sort of thing.

For conservative men who expect women to take their names, there's gonna be a surprise downside to this voting law.

mainer

(12,546 posts)
6. We'd still have problems voting
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 04:13 PM
Feb 14

if the GOP passes this voting security act. If men decide to hyphenate their names in solidarity, they'll be stuck with the same problem, but at least they'll share the misery.

durablend

(9,223 posts)
5. Not going to help the rest of us either
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 04:04 PM
Feb 14

So now I need to piss money away on a Real ID *and* a passport (because the former isn't good enough).

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