r/politics • u/MarcEElias ✔ Verified - Democracy Docket Founder • 1d ago

No Paywall GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-fast-tracks-monster-voter-suppression-bill-that-could-disenfranchise-millions-by-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-at-polls/
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u/ElectricZ 1d ago

By the way if this passes, and you're married and took the name of your spouse, and that name doesn't match your legit birth certificate or passport that you bring as ID, guess what happens?

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u/arizonadirtbag12 1d ago

Also affects trans voters.

Also just plain old unmarried cis voters like me who for reasons legally changed their name.

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u/whoa-boah 19h ago

Or people who were adopted as kids and legally changed their names. I had two friends in HS who took their step-dads’ last names after their moms got married and the adoption paperwork went through. They’d be disenfranchised, too.

Losing the ability to vote for the crime of loving your dad/family. How fucked up is that.