Legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote was only the beginning as the G.O.P. presses to sharply limit voting in line with President Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud.
The strict voter identification measure that Republicans have pushed through the House is just their opening salvo in a broader legislative effort aimed at keeping control of Congress this fall and helping to amplify the president’s false claims of mass voter fraud in the event that they lose.
The G.O.P.’s relentless focus on the bill and an even more restrictive measure making its way through the House — both of which face a steep uphill path to becoming law — is aimed chiefly at intensifying pressure within their own ranks to muscle through new voting restrictions and seek to reshape the electorate in their favor.
But it also allows Republicans to hammer President Trump’s falsehoods about widespread illegal voting particularly by undocumented immigrants, helping them build a case, however groundless, that any Democratic victories in November will be a result of cheating.
So do a lot of liberal women. Liberal women probably are more likely to keep their maiden name, but I’m sure most liberal women observe the custom of taking their husband’s name.
The point of this is to prevent WOMEN from voting, broadly. Regardless of party affiliation. Many women who are registered Republican and have conservative husbands secretly vote for the Democrats, at least some of the time. I personally know a few right-leaning women who hate Trump, even though their husbands continue to support him.