Summary
The Republican-led House passed a bill 219–213 to curb federal district judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, a response to judges rulings against Trump-era policies.
The bill restricts relief to affected parties only, not nationwide. Republicans argue liberal judges are blocking Trump’s agenda, while Democrats say courts are striking down illegal orders. GOP lawmakers also seek to limit funding for enforcing broad injunctions.
The bill faces slim chances in the Senate.
The Congressional Research Service reported 17 nationwide injunctions so far in Trump’s second term, compared to 86 in his first.
I’m not sure I understand. I would need to get documentation with my maiden name? Or I just have to carry my marriage certificate with me (which I do now because changing your name is a huge pain in the ass).
I’d heard the same language that @disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world referenced, but I had to look up the text of the bill to know myself. Women are an important part of our nation and we need their voice voting.
Here’s the full text of the bill here
So for your situation it looks like if you were using your birth certificate before, and you’ve changed your name when you married, under no circumstances will your birth certificate let you vote anymore under this bill. You will need a government ID that shows your current first and last name but also show citizenship of the USA. So a regular drivers license (non Real ID) won’t work for you either.
The bill text says you would need:
“(1) A form of identification issued consistent with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United States.
“(2) A valid United States passport.
“(3) The applicant’s official United States military identification card, together with a United States military record of service showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States.
“(4) A valid government-issued photo identification card issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States.
Goddammit, I just looked at my Real ID drivers license doesn’t indicate I am a citizen. Apparently my state started indicating if I wasn’t a citizen, but since I am, it shows nothing. According to my reading of the voting ID bill, I could be turned away when I try to vote!
So for me the ONLY document I have that would let me vote is my passport! So for you, see if you have Real ID compliant drivers license and make sure your state indicates you are a citizen. Otherwise you’d need a military id or passport.
Wait what the fuck? This will prevent an uncountable amount of citizens from voting. I haven’t even had a name change and from my reading this I myself would need to get some sort of new identification to vote. My state ID does not say anything about citizenship.
An estimated ~70M voters will be disenfranchised by this bill.
After thinking a bit more on this, those of us with our birth name could use the Real ID compliant drivers license and a birth certificate (has to be the official embossed one, not just a photocopy). However that wouldn’t work for women that changed their name. They’d need a passport (or military ID) I think. IANAL
That’s correct. Real ID is not proof of citizenship. You’ll need that as well as a birth certificate or passport with the same name in order to vote if this passes in the Senate.
…and for clarity: Women that changed their name in marriage cannot use this path for voter ID because their birth certificate (which DOES prove place of birth and citizenship) doesn’t show the married name.
So for those women, the only ID I can see that would work for them would be passport or military ID. Again, IANAL
Exactly. They would need to get a passport
with the name on their REAL IDin order to vote.If these married women (that changed their last name) have their passport, I don’t think they need Real ID to vote. They would just need to present the passport at time of voting.
So all women that married and changed their name (and don’t have a military ID showing the married name) would need to apply for at least a Passport Card costing $30. So $30 for these women to vote. How is this not a Poll Tax by another name that was outlawed in the 24th Amendment?
24th Amendment of the Constitution:
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.”
You’re right. A passport satisfies both requirements.
Thank you! Also, this bill (I hope you used chat GPT or something so it didn’t take too long to get all that info!) is so impractical it borders on unhinged. Most GOP voters wouldn’t meet the requirements.
No AI or chatGPT used. Full disclosure, I didn’t go through the whole thing, just looked for the words “birth certificate” (which only appears 3 times btw) and then looked at the sections before and after it to make sure I covered that point.