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   Thom Hartmann (thomhartmann@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 23:10:34 JST Thom Hartmann

   Republicans really, really, really don’t want women to vote:

   https://hartmannreport.com/p/trump-and-johnsons-shocking-bid-to-1f1

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     Nerb (nerb@techhub.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 06:35:04 JST Nerb

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     @cobalt @timo21 @ThomHartmann @_L1vY_

     Some of us males also can run into issues. I was born overseas at Johnson Air Force base in Japan which no longer is there. I spent a good bit of time chasing down how to get a certified copy of my birth certificate so we could get passports . All I had was a copy and it was almost illegible. If anyone else has a similar problem it's not a traditional birth certificate it's called a Consular Report of Birth Abroad AKA Form FS-240. Here is where to go to get one.

     https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/replace-certify-docs/requesting-a-record/replace-amend-CRBA.html

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     cobalt (cobalt@awscommunity.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 06:35:05 JST cobalt

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     @timo21 @ThomHartmann @_L1vY_ Glad to see this information because I had no idea I’d have to get a copy of my marriage certificate! Birth certificate too for me. This will be time-consuming and expensive. I’d think it should be the case for women not to be penalized where men are not. Thus a request for birth certificate no charge should be the standard when it’s only for a Real ID.

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     Timo (timo21@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 06:35:06 JST Timo

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     @ThomHartmann The move to Real ID required people to document themselves in ways similar to the SAVE act. Getting the marriage documents for Real ID was a giant headache for a huge number of women. I suspect many gave up. But many people also had trouble with the proper birth certificates, based upon what I witnessed at the DMV while getting my Real ID.
     https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/columns/2020/01/09/especially-for-women-real-id/1919170007/

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     Timo (timo21@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 06:37:30 JST Timo

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     @_L1vY_ @nerb @cobalt @ThomHartmann yes, I got my Real ID in New Mexico and the people born on the local Pueblos had a difficult time with birth certificates, as did people from rural areas. Apparently the midwives didn't keep good records.

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     Mother Bones (_l1vy_@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 06:37:31 JST Mother Bones

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     @nerb @cobalt @timo21 @ThomHartmann Yes, it is not exclusive to women. There are a lot of different groups who may be affected and struggle with this.
     (But systematically it has a drastically differential effect on women's access.)

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     Mother Bones (_l1vy_@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 06:37:36 JST Mother Bones

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     @timo21 @nerb @cobalt @ThomHartmann Yes. Also truer the older and south-er someone is!

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 06:40:54 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @nerb I also had to help a US friend whose mom was born on a base in Germany get the mom’s birth certificate. Theoretically it’s easy, there is a website (albeit in German) … but you gotta transfer 10€. That’s fairly difficult from a US bank account and can be impossible. I paid it from my German account.

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 15:32:00 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @ThomHartmann Can’t gerrymander women, gotta steal the votes a different way

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     Pooka🍸Boo 👁🫣🫵 (lednabm@stranger.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 15:32:27 JST Pooka🍸Boo 👁🫣🫵

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     @ThomHartmann The thing is, and I don't know how my fellow Mastodonians feel, I would never vote illegally because I would never go to jail for a politician. I tend to think anyone who would vote illegally as a premeditated act has to be the biggest fool on earth. Go to jail for a politician? Really? No way, Jose. Not even for the ones I like!