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Ms. Toad

(37,509 posts)
17. It has nothing to do with how new this is.
Sat May 24, 2025, 12:48 PM
May 2025

Obtaining the documents to trace one or more name changes takes time and money. You have to trace your name change back to your birth certificate, which can mean getting formal copies of multiple name-changing documents.

Name changes are much more frequent for women than men, so the process impose a burden which falls predominantly on the shoulders of women to bear.

Beyond the relatively direct impact on women, people with means and stable lives are both more likely to have the documents in their possession, and if they don't to be able to afford the time and money it takes to get copies of them.

So the people who don't have a RealID are more likely to be women, and people who struggle, generally, with life. And if the SAVE act passes, even a RealID will not be sufficient for voting, because it does not, generally, prove citizenship.

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RealIDs didn't prove citizenship, Ms. Toad May 2025 #1
I am in the county next to the one where this arrest took place misanthrope May 2025 #3
Good grief! Most Americans don't have some of those LittleGirl May 2025 #4
You don't need all of those, just one MichMan May 2025 #7
Unless you're a married women who changed her last name halobeam May 2025 #8
Some people always wait until the last minute. MichMan May 2025 #9
Real ID's are and always been bullshit... Demsrule86 May 2025 #14
Personally I perceive this as a show me you papers thing... Demsrule86 May 2025 #15
I take it you oppose any forms of ID then MichMan May 25 #19
It has nothing to do with how new this is. Ms. Toad May 2025 #17
re: Identification TnDem May 25 #21
Some in my opinion, defend the indefensible.. Demsrule86 May 2025 #18
So is Rebl2 May 2025 #12
Original copies TnDem May 25 #22
Marriage certificate TnDem May 25 #20
The very first line tells you what it establishes - Ms. Toad May 2025 #10
The "cops" said it was fake More_Cowbell May 2025 #5
The police were questioning citizenship. Ms. Toad May 2025 #11
Not when a Columbian woman here without authorization used a stolen identity to obtain one MichMan May 2025 #2
Every citizen is at risk of arrest by ICE as official documents can be faked or stolen -- passports, birth certificates. andym May 2025 #13
One person's wrongdoing does not mean those in power get to treat all of us Demsrule86 May 2025 #16
Boom. Perfect! Cha May 2025 #6
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