Shannon Clark

I will keep suggesting this until I see people mentioning it.

Catholic nuns and priests frequently change their names when they take orders. (As do religious orders in many other faiths)

So the SAVE act is effectively disenfranchising a lot of clergy and religious individuals.

(Also a ton of musicians, actors and authors)

All the other reasons it’s an inane law also apply but noting catholic nuns and priests might show the impact more clearly to some conservative types

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Show threadJean-François Mezei3d ago

@Rycaut
https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=int/reg&document=index&lang=e

1/2

When a person registers, they must certify that they are a Canadian citizen and will be at least 18 years old on election day. They must also prove their identity and address.

Voter Registration Safeguards

Voter Registration Safeguards

Elections Canada
Show threadJean-François Mezei3d ago

@Rycaut 2/2

To make sure that ineligible individuals have not been registered, Elections Canada compares information it receives from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada with that in the National Register of Electors and removes any non-citizens from the Register. ....

But to register, you need to certify you are citizen.

I assume nuns who changed names either votes with original name or legally changed their name once a nun.

Show threadShannon Clark3d ago

@jfmezei you are aware I’m not taking about Canada?

The proposed SAVE act is an insane bill proposed by the US congress designed to disenfranchise millions of US voters by requiring a US passport (that something like 50% of US citizens don’t have and costs a lot to obtain) as well as paperwork many folks don’t easily have if, for example, they have used a name different from their birth records for decades.

Also elections in the US are legally the responsibility of each STATE

Show threadJean-François Mezei3d ago
@Rycaut I am aware of the SAVE act. But made me curious to see what we have in Canada. There is some point in requiring proof of citizenship to get registered. (and proof of address to determine where you can vote). On the day of election, we need to provide photo id and proof of address (for me, passport + utility bill).
Not sure how they handle people who don't have actual address (people who live on a trap line in Yukon for instance and had PO box they visit whenever they go into town
Show threadJean-François Mezei3d ago

@Rycaut I realize the SAVE act's purpose is to stroke your emperor's ego because he is traumatized by having lost an election in 2020. And that the intent is to reduce democrat votes.

But the concept of having a national standard for eligibility to register makes sense. Not in terms of control, but in terms of uniformity.

I realize that to the USA, keeping separate state elections is as important as all men having the right to have furry bear arms.

Show threadJean-François Mezei3d ago
@Rycaut Having a national standard on eligibility to register doesn't reduce the state's autonomy to run its own elections. Since citizenship is federal, there is some sense in having federal standard on how to determine citizenship. Buit should still be the state that registers it own citizens and runs its own elections.