SAVE US FROM THE SAVE ACT
An unabashed effort to make voting harder - particularly for most married women!
Believe me, I’d be happy if there wasn’t anything political we need to discuss tonight. But a vote on the Save Act is scheduled for next week, and few pieces of legislation have posed a greater risk to our democracy.
I kid you not, the Save Act makes it more difficult for married women to vote if they have taken their husband’s name. It does this by requiring that the woman get proof of her name at birth, in order to prove her citizenship. The whole thing is absurd yet absurdity is nothing out of the ordinary in politics these days.
We can’t just let it happen, though. We have to stand up now.
Please read the article and watch the instagram post above. Make sure you call your Congressperson and both Senators to make your feelings known. We need to jam the Congressional Switchboard on this one: 202 224 3121.
Of course please spread the word. We have a very short time in which to make our voices heard.
Thanks for letting us know about this Marianne. Maybe this is what the current co-president had up his sleeve when he said to the Christian gathering last July, not to worry, they 'won't have to vote anymore' if he's elected...he had it taken care of. If he eliminates women and poor people, the white men will have every election sown up even if many of even most don't vote.
This can’t happen. Our country can’t be this backward. This is asking for violence. My heart is breaking.. God help us all. Standing up for what is right and just is all we can do.