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"Texas's new voter ID law got off to a rocky start this week as early voting began for state constitutional amendments. The law was previously blocked as discriminatory by the federal courts under the Voting Rights Act in 2012, until the Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the VRA in June. (The Department of Justice has filed suit against the law under Section 2 of the VRA.) Now we are seeing the disastrous ramifications of the Supreme Court's decision.
Based on Texas' own data, 600,000 to 800,000 registered voters don't have the government-issued ID needed to cast a ballot, with Hispanics 46 to 120 percent more likely than whites to lack an ID. But a much larger segment of the electorate, particularly women, will be impacted by the requirement that a voter's ID be "substantially similar" to their name on the voter registration rolls. According to a 2006 study by the Brennan Center for Justice, a third of all women have citizenship documents that do not match their current legal name.".* Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz and John Iadarola break it down on The Young Turks.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023931754
phylny
(8,385 posts)prairierose
(2,145 posts)more women need to continue to use the name on their birth certificate. Stop changing your name when getting married.
Among other things, it will drive the repugnant party crazy that these uppity women refuse their husband's name.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)there for the women of Texas and others, disenfranchised, to get the new ID at a Texas Driver's License Office.
The State of Texas has provided, by law, alias documents. Now many women will have to pay to get a new driver's license; so that is a poll tax too. Perhaps Texas women, and married in a Texas County who have to pay should contact the Texas Democratic Party and send a copy of the bill to the Governor's Office in Austin, Texas and to the DOJ in Washington D.C.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)In fact, her campaign may do far more than just counter the impact! Combined with the backlash, it may move a lot of TX women into the blue column for life.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)population confused about who looks out for their best interests. Fuck all name changing. It's a patriarchal racket used to socially and legally inferiorize women.