Amy Diehl, Ph.D.Feb 3
SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/
This Bill in the Senate Could Disenfranchise Millions of Women Voters

Trump has renewed pressure for the Senate to pass the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to vote. For the 69 million women who have changed their last name this would create a barrier to voting.

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Show threadSeán FenianFeb 3
@amydiehl That could backfire on them. I saw it asserted a day or two ago that without white women voting disproportionately conservative, no conservative would have won election in the last century.

I don't know how true the assertion is.

[UPDATE (see below): Looks like it's not.]
Show threadEric deRuiterFeb 4

@zakalwe @amydiehl It wouldn’t backfire on Republicans.

2024 data: https://vividmaps.com/presidential-election-if-only-white-men-voted/

2018 data: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-if-only-men-voted-only-women-only-nonwhite-voters/

What If Only White Men Voted in the 2024 U.S. Election? - Vivid Maps

Examine what would have happened if only white men had cast ballots in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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Show threadSeán FenianFeb 4
@ridogi @amydiehl Thanks for the information! I was a little skeptical about the claim myself but wasn't sure where to look for evidence for or against.
Show threadSean Lynch

@zakalwe @amydiehl @ridogi

The only silver lining is that JD Vance does not have a current legal name that matches the name on his birth certificate.

James Donald Bowman -->
James David Hamel -->
James David (J.D.) Vance -->
JD Vance

Why did JD feel the need to transition to his current identity? I'm not sure, but I do respect his right to transition to an identity that makes him feel like himself.

Feb 4 at 3:43pmWeb
Show threadDisappointed_Horse 🇺🇦Feb 4
@SeanPLynch @zakalwe @amydiehl @ridogi In the south—maybe in other parts of the country too; I don't know—there's a general assumption that any man who goes by "JD" is actually named after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy.