emilydoesscience replied to your photoset ânevaehtyler: Whatâs next? Take away womenâs right to vote? ����ââď¸ Uh,...â
Was this written by someone who hasn't changed their name? Your "citizenship document" is your social security card, not your birth certificate. That's what you change when you take your husband's name...
Thatâs true. But some states issue ID based on your name on your birth certificate AND your Social Security card, and if there is any error of transcription/inconsistency among any of your documents or you donât have copies of all of them wonât grant you one, despite the fact that thereâs a great deal more evidence for the prevalence of bureaucratic screwups than voter fraud. This is a problem that disproportionately affects the elderly and the poor, since the legal hoops theyâre required to jump through are confusing and can take hours to resolve that have to be taken off work and frequently require documents that are expensive to procure if you are on a fixed income.
Basically, when you end up kicking hundreds of thousands of voters off the rolls, for a problem that has happened maybe a thousand times in the last 20 years, it raises serious questions about the utility or fairness of such a program. If criminals are innocent until proven guilty, why arenât voters?