• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It just passed in the House.

    Democrats petitioned for protections for people with a name change and Republicans voted against it. If your birth certificate name doesn’t match your ID, you’ll be needing new documentation if you want to vote. Yes, that includes a married surname.

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    1 year ago

    “Ah we’ll just vote them out in 2-4 years and we can go back to brunch.”

    There are no guard rails this time. No guard rails! This problem won’t just go away on its own, as this very bill demonstrates.