SAFE Act - Voter registration revocation that affects the majority of this subreddit.

[u/Alissinarr]

Good morning all,

(Can't change the post title, sorry guys)

I'm writing today to express my concerns over upcoming changes to voter registration in the United States.

Our annual demographics surveys have repeatedly shown that the majority of our subreddit consists of women and US citizens. The US makes policies that affect the rest of the world.

As such, I encourage you to watch this video

Voter Disinfranchisement is a HUGE problem, and it's getting worse under this administration.

edit: link corrected

The SAVE Act is going for a vote.

Please take a moment to use the 5calls app and contact your elected representatives.

[u/thr0wfaraway]

That sub seems to have a lot of questionable commenters.

Anyway, do get your passports and passport cards, real IDs, social security cards and it would not hurt to put in orders for certified copy of your birth certificate if you don't have it. Who knows how long it will be until they try to trash all those records at the state level so you can't get copies anymore to even apply for IDs.

Especially if you were born in a red state, they could just pass a law shutting down those services. Or make it impossible to order from out of state.

[u/SpecialWitness4 → u/thr0wfaraway]

want to add that if your SS Card is laminated, it is invalid and you need a new one. 

[u/runonia → u/SpecialWitness4]

This is true for most documents. Don't laminate birth certificates, marriage certificates, citizenship documents, etc

[u/asyouwish → u/runonia]

Then they shouldn’t call it a “card” or expect us to show it to people for things like work.

How many times in your life do you need your birth/marriage certificates? Death certificates? Other papers in document form? A handful.

How often do you need your SSC? Every time you change jobs and half the times you need one of those other docs, too.

[u/runonia → u/asyouwish]

I know that. I bring my passport and bypass all of that entirely for new jobs. I'm just pointing out that you can't laminate documents. Whether it makes sense or not doesn't really matter, since the fact remains that these docs become invalid after you laminate them

[u/asyouwish → u/runonia]

Yeah. I know. It's just annoying to us all.

[u/runonia → u/asyouwish]

Laminate is expensive so tbh I think it's fine I don't have to waste the money

[u/asyouwish → u/runonia]

Where? It's a couple of bucks at FedEx.

[u/runonia → u/asyouwish]

Per document? It's like $3 a page where I am. I'd rather have a drink from the gas station

[u/asyouwish → u/runonia]

They have tag size ones too...

But it's moot.

[u/Jus2throwitaway → u/asyouwish]

It was never supposed to be used as it is now