Column: Celebrating the suffragists and trying to deprive women? That requires some cognitive dissonance


There is not much space in my life for people who do not love “cable.” And yes, I used the present time in reference to a television program that broadcast its final episode 17 years ago.

Just listen to me.

This “Star Wars” fan has left space in his life for loved ones of “Star Trek.” This Marvel Comics lover has gone to watch DC movies. I am in favor of personal growth and making commitments … but if you do not believe that “The Wire” is the best television program in the history of television programs, we cannot break the bread. A man has to have a code.

For some clippers fans for a long time, that code never includes supporting the Lakers. There are people who have sworn a particular restaurant in their community or in one of the national retail stores. Maybe there is a state that we swore that we will never visit it. Our code, like Omar Little, one of the characters of “The Wire”, frames it, is the compass that we follow in life. Laws are destined to shape a society and a religion guides our faith; However, the way we really move in this world is defined by the code we have written for ourselves.

When it comes to Congress, bets are often much higher than in sports and entertainment worlds.

When the American voter eligibility law (Save Law) was introduced for the first time in the Chamber in the Chamber in May 2024, it was under the appearance of ensuring that only US citizens could vote in our elections. Republicans argued that because immigrants can ensure a driver's license regardless of their immigration status, these licenses could be used to vote. Keep in mind that the mass fraud theory of mass voters was discredited for the first time in 2018 by the voting integrity commission created by the Trump administration.

In addition, the sponsors of Save's law know that it is already illegal for non -citizens to vote in this country. This policy was not born from a pressing public need. This era political. By using the optics of the immigration crisis in the border cities of Eagle Pass and the passage, this law provided a way of criticizing the Immigration policies of the Biden administration through insinuation without evidence, and also a way of suppressing the vote.

The new proposed law would require that voters present a passport (which documes American citizenship and identity) or a birth certificate of the United States and a photo identification with a name that matches it (or a chain of documents that document the name changes between the birth and the current legal name of a person). The bill approved in July 2024 Mainly in the party lines, with five Democrats who rose with 216 Republicans.

Among the Democrats was the representative Henry Cuellar de Texas, whose official biography includes the line “As one of the eight children born from migrant agricultural workers in Laredo, Texas.” That is not intended to be ashamed of as much as highlighting the complexity of the issue of immigration. Advertising acrobatics such as Save's law are counterproductive, and yet Cuellar's “Yay” vote is understandable. I have lived in Arizona and Texas through a handful of elections, and I understand that it is difficult for Democrats to be chosen in these border states without breaking with progressives in Washington about immigration.

A man has to have a code.

Cuellar's votes on salvation law apparently reflect their.

The same can be said of the representative Elise Stefanik (Rn.y.), who in 2014 became the youngest woman chosen for Congress and that he proudly remembers those who visit her website that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that she is that “Written and approved the women's commemorative currencies.” Signed in law in 2019 by President TrumpThe legislation celebrated a diverse group of suffrage activists, from Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Harriet Tubman and Ida B. Wells, who fought for the same as voting rights and total inclusion in the democratic process. The text of the law It makes it clear that the legislation was in recognition of the centenary of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. The law says that women's rights are linked “directly to the founding ideals of the United States.”

And yet, Stefanik's name is also attached to Save Law, which threatens the integrity of the 19th amendment. The legislation would be disproportionately depriving women, who are more likely to change their last names when they get married or divorce already have a photo identification that does not coincide with their birth certificate.

Providing documentation for name changes can be a challenge. You may have all your important paperwork in order. Many people do it, until they do not. Think about when Hurricane HeleneOne of the most expensive and mortal storms from Katrina, hit the Atlantic coast a few weeks before the 2024 elections. More than 70,000 The houses were damaged only in North Carolina: innumerable photos, memories, important documents such as lost birth certificates forever. That is not a conspiracy theory. That is just what happened.

Even in ideal circumstances, it can take months and cost hundreds of dollars to obtain official replacements with lost documents. But the registration of voters must often be done One month or more before the day of the election. Save's law is a recipe for many people, especially women, to be excluded from elections. Amid natural disasters such as hurricanes, forest fires or floods, a woman's right to vote should not be among the things she loses.

When you consider Americans only need a driver's license to buy a weaponSeeing conservatives drafts of the legislation that requires more vote documentation tells you which constitutional right they consider most dangerous.

Everyone has to have a code.

Some elected officials, such as Cuellar and Stefanik who support Save's law, apparently also learn to encode.

@Lzgranderson

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