This is Jasmine Clark and I am so glad that the first topic for OK but why is voting rights.

There's no mistaking that there are policies out there that have systematically and surgically

tried to limit access to the ballot box.

And so I am so excited that this is the topic

that we're tackling first,

and I hope you enjoy it.

There's so much happening in politics right now.

So Red Wine and Blue is here to ask,

okay, but why?

On January 9th, 2025, you joined as a sponsor of H.R. 22 Save that.

This means that me and 69 million women like me who have taken their spouse's last name

will not be eligible to vote. I want you to look me in the eye and tell me why you are trying to wait to take away my right to vote.

We all want free and fair elections, where everyone who's legally able to vote can make their voice heard.

But every time the experts study voter fraud, they find almost zero evidence that undocumented

immigrants or anyone else is voting illegally.

So then, why are there so many new voting laws out there?

The SAVE Act could prevent millions of Americans from voting by enacting restrictive ID and in-person registration requirements.

But it's only the latest attempt to keep people from voting.

So to understand what's going on right now, let's jump back a moment to the founding of our nation.

Despite their passion for democracy, the founding fathers had no problem

limiting voting rights. For decades, the only people who could vote were white men who owned

property. Some states also included religious tests to make sure that their voters were only

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