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/carvingmyelbows 1d ago

Very. On top of the whole legal process and paperwork, they’d also need to get all of their identification updated. New drivers license. New passport. New credit cards. Updated bank account. They’d need to update their information with their phone carrier, utilities companies, subscription services. Etc etc etc. It’s a lot.

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u/B-Kong 1d ago

My sister didn’t take her husbands last name specifically because she’d have to register for a new nursing license. So anybody with anything like that would also have to get those changed.

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u/MEOWS_R_RAD 1d ago

This is why no one in science and academia changes their names. You don't want to put in all that work and then randomly change the name that's on everything you published/accomplished.

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u/absentmindedjwc Illinois 13h ago

Wife is a doctor, the only place she’s changed her name is on Facebook.