Hillary Clinton warns women over House GOP voting bill

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

04/10/25 9:56 PM ET


Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned women about a just-passed House bill that she says could make it harder for them to vote. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — passed Thursday in a 220-208 vote in the House — would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and impose voter roll purge requirements on states.

Clinton, the first woman to lead a major party’s presidential ticket, said the bill could effectively disenfranchise women whose married names don’t match the names on their birth certificates. “The House just passed the Republican voter suppression measure that threatens voting access for millions of Americans, including 69 million women whose married names don’t match their birth certificates,” Clinton, former secretary of State, wrote on X Thursday. “Make sure your senators know you expect them to stand against it,” she added.

Ahead of Thursday’s House vote, Clinton posted a similar message, urging women to call their House representatives and encourage them to vote against the bill. She attached a graphic showing the estimated number of female citizens ages 15 and older in each state whose names don’t match their birth certificates “due to last name change or hyphenation upon marriage.”

“Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill,” she wrote Wednesday.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5243925-hillary-clinton-warns-women-over-house-gop-voting-bill/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. GOP fears women and fears female votes

Many maga want to totally take women's votes away by repealing the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, including maga women who want to take away their own vote even though they vote tRump.

[GreenWave]

13. And since more men vote maga they want to rig the election in their favor.

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. She's correct of course. As always. ---- Oh, what could have been... sigh.

I'll never forgive those who went all scorched-earth on Hillary and the Democratic party. And those treacherous individuals (plural) who, because of ego, did their level best to kneecap and sabotage Hillary and the Democratic party with their lies and betrayal. They know who they are.

[oasis]

3. Hillary makes it her business to "stay in the know".

[Freddie]

4. That's a feature, not a bug

My “moderate independent” Congressman, Brian Fitzpatrick (PA 01) voted for this bullshit. I left some very unkind words on his FB page. Not that he cares.
Everyone should get a card passport. Wasn’t that hard to get and good for 10 years. Apparently this will he good enough proof whereas a Real ID won’t be.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. His ass NEEDED to go a long time ago

We need to make the SE PA Congressional delegation, all-blue again!!!

And agree about the passport card. I have recommended that to people on DU - particularly if they are in the process of renewing a passport (and the card can be purchased at a discount when doing it at that same time as the passport renewal).

[Bengus81]

12. What's with that Rep from Hawaii? Didn't he vote with Republicans not long ago or a different Rep?

My brother lives in Hawaii, going to have to razz him over that guy.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. I think he is the HI-1 seat (covering mostly Honolulu)

He (Ed Case) was one of the (D)s who voted for the SAVE Act - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143437692

Cuellar and Golden were definitely on my Bingo card for nutjob votes but the other two (including Case) were not.

I have seen Jill Tokuda (HI-2) out there more and she is relatively new.

[ShazzieB]

18. Passport cards cost $65.

$30 application fee plus a $35 acceptance fee. That's going to price a lot of people right out of being able to vote, including those with the lowest incomes and the inability to scrape up an extra $65 after paying their rent, buying food, etc. (Which I'm sure the GOP would consider a feature, not a bug.)

My husband and I could manage it, but I would not feel good about it, knowing how many people were now disenfranchised through no fault of their own.

[gab13by13]

5. Wife and I went to PenDot (Pa) yesterday

to have her apply for a Real ID license. She needed birth certificate, Social Security card, marriage license from a courthouse, and 2 proofs of residence. She was told she should receive her license in 7 to 10 days.

We did this to protect her voting rights.

[Moosepoop]

9. The Real ID license will not be enough to enable her to vote.

Even with all that she had to furnish to get the Real ID, that card does not indicate actual citizenship on it. It will not be accepted as proof of eligibility to vote. She will need a passport, or a birth certificate -- and if relying on a birth certificate, that's only good if her current last name matches the one on the BC.

That's the problem with this bill for millions of women who changed their last names when they got married.

[Resist160]

7. GOP WomEn Vote

What's funny with this is that the repugs don't realize that repug women also get married and change their name. Then they need to change their voter registration. I know 2 dem women who got married and never changed their last name. Karma is coming. This would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

[Tree Lady]

10. Thats true a lot more dems

kept their name. I was in my religious phase when I married first time so I changed name and I liked it better than my long maiden name. Second time I liked my name but knew hubby would be hurt if I kept ex's name so changed to his.

But I have a passport and so far it says good enough for ID.

[GreenWave]

15. I hope both of you are right if this Draconian measure passes.

We truly live in WTF times.

[calimary]

17. I certainly kept mine.

I liked my name! And then prospective husband comes along and when the topic comes up, he says “I wouldn’t want to change my name so I don’t see why you should change yours.”

Really? I think that was my answer. And then I thought “GRAB this guy before he gets away!”

[Tree Lady]

19. And it goes both ways my grand daughter

kept her name when she married and husband changed to her last name, as he had been abused as a child and wanted to rid of name.

So he not having passport will have hard time voting if this goes through.

[Bengus81]

14. Yep..they voted about 10% more for Trump than they did for Kamala.

I still say this is a precursor to those POS wanting to kill off voting by mail in Fed elections.

[et tu]

8. I have a real id driver's license

and a passport- and i like
mail-in voting, sooo hope we
keep that~

[Martin68]

11. Clinton brings up a very valid point. The bill Republicans passed could prevent women from voting if their

last name changed when they got married because it no longer matches the Social Security info.

[oasis]

20. Hillary remains in service to America. That's

her calling.

[NowsTheTime]

21. Four Dems voted for it.....the good news it's subject to filibuster rules in Senate

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-passes-bill-requiring-proof-citizenship-vote-federal-elections-rcna200586

" in a 220-208 vote, with four Democrats — Reps. Ed Case of Hawaii, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington — joining every Republican present in support of the measure"