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TPUSA Women Claim they'd Surrender Voting Rights, Vance Cautions

6/17/2026

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Joyce Vance reported that attendees at the Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Summit said they would gladly give up their voting rights.
She warned that the fringe notion could become mainstream, noting how ideas like overturning Roe v. Wade later gained acceptance.
Vance reminded that the United States has not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, leaving constitutional sex-based discrimination protection weak and urging renewed commitment to voting equality.

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Joyce Vance reported that attendees at the Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Summit said they would gladly give up their voting rights.
She warned that the fringe notion could become mainstream, noting how ideas like overturning Roe v. Wade later gained acceptance.
Vance reminded that the United States has not ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, leaving constitutional sex-based discrimination protection weak and urging renewed commitment to voting equality.