Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote
Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote
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Everyone who changed their name, not just women
Are we seriously complaining that requiring ID with your current name on it is unreasonable?
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Did you read the article? Did you read the law? ID is not sufficient for proof of citizenship. Your birth certificate is your proof of citizenship, and if you were married and took your spouses name, then your name does not match your ID. You must at this point apply for a US Passport. Many citizens of the US, especially poorer citizens, do not have one because they have never traveled. And, I hear there can be long lead times to getting one, because the infrastructure is not in place to support processing the quantities of passports that we would need if every American citizen now needs one. So, are we going to stop firing federal workers so that we can get everyone documented proof now so they can vote?
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I've read it. Americans find a way to make everything as divisive and as convoluted as possible to the point it's not even possible to discuss. Other countries have long solved these problems. I can't even find a coherent description of the US voting process but it's clearly not just women who are affected.
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Are we seriously complaining that requiring ID with your current name on it is unreasonable?
Asked and answered. You're assumption here is wrong and minimizes the issue at hand. And just for the record, in the future, if you don't understand something, it's OK to take a minute and inform yourself before you comment.
Quit trying to stir up shit by creating this false dichotomy of gender and people changing their name. Nobody cares why someone changed their name here, they're just pointing out that MANY women do it after marriage. Something that this party claims to care about the sanctity of. You're point that it is not JUST women is correct, and only makes the problem WORSE.
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it's OK to take a minute and inform yourself
If you read my comment you'll see that's been tried and no applicable information was found
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Most women in the US change take their husband's last name after marriage. Next to no men do this. Your birth certificate has the name you had at birth on it, not your married name. Your ID has your current legal name, married name in the case of most married women. These will not match for the vast majority of married women, causing them to not be able to vote, and will pose no problem to the majority of men. Does that make sense?
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What doesn't make sense is when this is requested, why doesn't everyone else have to provide ID?
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A birth certificate? Yes. What’s wrong with a driver’s license?
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Non-citizens can attain a drivers license, so republicans believe there is the chance non-citizens might sneak there vote past unsuspecting poll workers.
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You don’t pre-register in the US? In Canada it’s automatic when you do your taxes if you tick the box
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I know, unlike our Canadian system. You are not automatically registered to vote in most of the states. Plus republicans believe liberal states are purposely registering immigrants who shouldn’t be voting and letting them use the state IDs.
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