➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.
➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”
➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”
➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”
➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”
➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.
“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.
“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”
➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”
➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”
However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!
➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.
If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)
➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“
“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.
➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.
➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”
➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.
“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”
➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.
“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”
Keesha Middlemass analyzes the SAVE Act, arguing it will disenfranchise voters, especially women and rural communities.
At this moment, with numerous legislative proposals and actions that appear to be anti-democratic and may weaken democratic principles and practices, it is especially important to highlight efforts that could disenfranchise voters. The SAVE Act is one such proposal; if enacted, it will undermine voter participation in elections, a fundamental tenet of liberal democracies.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have reintroduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. If enacted, the bill would require all voters to prove their American citizenship when registering to vote or updating their voter registration information. Voters would have to provide specific documentation in person—such as a passport or birth certificate—to verify their citizenship.
According to an analysis of the bill by the Brennan Center for Justice, the SAVE Act would undermine voting rights and disenfranchise tens of millions of American voters, as more than 21 million citizens lack these documents. The Center for American Progress estimates that more than 140 million citizens do not have a passport and that approximately 69 million women who changed their names after marriage may not have documents, such as a birth certificate, that match their current legal name.
The SAVE Act would apply to all forms of voter registration, including address updates after a move, name changes due to marriage or divorce, re-registration following a change in party affiliation, and first-time voting by mail. The legislation would eliminate online and mail-in voter registration by requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship in person.
Under the bill, citizenship documents—such as a passport or birth certificate—would have to match a current photo ID. However, REAL IDs, as well as military and tribal IDs, would not be considered sufficient proof of citizenship. A preliminary analysis of the bill indicates that its documentation requirements, as presently written, are more likely to affect women in heterosexual marriages. LGBTQ+ and heterosexual couples have the freedom to keep their respective last names, hyphenate, or create an entirely new last name. In recent years, some men have become more willing to take their partner’s last name, challenging traditional gender norms. The Knot, an all-purpose international wedding website, provides information on name changes for same-sex couples.
The bill’s in-person requirement could also disenfranchise approximately 60 million rural voters, who would have to travel great distances to register to vote. Some voters in Hawaii and Alaska might even need to take flights to update their voter registration data to be eligible to vote. A name change requires voters to re-register to vote under their new name, and right now, they can do so by mail, online, by phone, or in person. The SAVE Act would eliminate all but the in-person option.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) reintroduced the SAVE Act on Jan. 3, 2025, aiming to prevent non-citizens from voting—an exceptionally rare occurrence. However, claims of undocumented immigrants voting started to gain traction during the 2016 presidential election campaign, despite a lack of evidence.
Concerns about voter fraud are not new, but Republican focus on the issue has remained persistent, particularly since the highly contested 2000 presidential election. From media coverage of hanging chads, butterfly ballots, and voter purges to present-day allegations of rigged elections, claims of voter fraud have continued to shape political discourse. Each claim, regardless of its veracity, raises doubts about the security and integrity of the U.S. electoral system.
Even credible studies, including one commissioned by Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity on the 2016 presidential election, have failed to quell growing mistrust in election systems. Rampant disinformation campaigns have taken hold within conservative political circles, fueling skepticism. Persistent falsehoods about the electoral process—including baseless claims of undocumented immigrants voting and ineligible voters registering and casting ballots in multiple jurisdictions—continue to erode public confidence.
Following the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump, his campaign surrogates, members of his legal team, and elected Republicans at the local, state, and federal levels made numerous allegations of voter fraud. They repeatedly spread false claims about a stolen election through traditional and social media, and promoted unsubstantiated right-wing conspiracy theories alleging that thousands of illegal votes were cast.
Extensive research, including studies by the Brennan Center for Justice, has shown that widespread voter fraud is rare, and voter impersonation is virtually nonexistent. When instances of voter fraud are identified in either in-person or mail-in voting, they are often the result of administrative errors rather than nefarious intent. However, the “Big Lie” of the 2020 election persists, fueled by political rhetoric and misinformation.
Republicans in Florida have supported and enacted new laws aimed at preventing voter fraud, improving election security, and protecting the integrity of elections. For instance, in 2022, Florida Republicans passed Senate Bill (SB) 524, which created the Office of Election Crimes and Security (OECS), a state agency with broad authority to investigate alleged illegal voting practices. OECS has been tasked with examining voter fraud, voting with a felony conviction, voter registration irregularities, candidate or issue petition activities, and election related actions such as “ballot harvesting.”
Senate Bill 524 also established an election integrity unit, informally called the “election police force.” Later that year, to great fanfare, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference to announce the arrests of 20 individuals for voter fraud or for voting despite being disqualified due to past felony convictions. However, records from the Office of Election Crimes and Security later revealed that most of the charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence. A report by the Southern Poverty Law Center, “Shelby County v. Holder Continuously Harms Voting Rights in the Deep South,” detailed cases in which individuals arrested for alleged voter fraud had received voter registration cards from the state, registered without issue, and voted in the 2020 presidential election.
Today, Republicans in Congress are advocating for the passage of the SAVE Act, a bill that claims to prevent undocumented people from voting. However, the proposed legislation is more likely to disenfranchise and suppress legally married individuals who have changed their names, as well as rural voters, rather than effectively prevent voter fraud.
The current election system already detects the vast majority of voter fraud, and it is already a legal requirement to be a U.S. citizen to vote. If enacted, the SAVE Act is likely to create additional bureaucratic hurdles, impose more regulations, and ultimately disenfranchise millions of citizens. The bill is rooted in a persistent misinformation campaign about voter fraud and stolen elections, rather than addressing a documented problem in the electoral system.
Central pillar and part of the ceiling of the Abbot’s Chapel in the Musée de Cluny. The chapel is the best preserved room in the 15th century medieval townhouse that is the museum. The architectural style is called Flamboyant Gothic.
1. that’s a garter stitch, which you can clearly see despite it being made of clay
2. they took the time to animate a modified continental style of knitting, including showing how his working yarn is wrapped around his pinky, and that he’s flicking with his index on his right hand
3. he only has four fingers and yet this is better than the vast majority of knitting on tv
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