The Women Who Believe Women Should Lose the Right to Vote - The New York Times

The New York Times
April 2, 2026
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Some advocates for household voting believe the U.S. would be better off if women could not vote.

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A movement of women is advocating to eliminate women's voting rights, believing the country would benefit from a system where only one adult per household—typically the male head of household—could vote. Supporters of "household voting" argue this system would strengthen family units and reduce what they see as divisive political fragmentation. The movement represents a fringe but vocal rejection of women's suffrage, a right secured through the 19th Amendment in 1920. These advocates contend that concentrated household voting power would simplify politics and align electoral participation with traditional family structures. The Times investigation documents how this countercultural position has found adherents despite being fundamentally at odds with a century of democratic expansion and women's political participation.

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