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Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote
(newrepublic.com)
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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?
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?
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.
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?
What doesn't make sense is when this is requested, why doesn't everyone else have to provide ID?
They do, this will require ID as well as proof of citizenship, two documents. The birth certificate is the one everyone has, since they are given at birth. So men, unmarried women, and married women who did not change their name, can go vote without obtaining any additional documentation, while most married women will now have to go through the process and pay large fees for additional documentation.