How getting married could make you lose your right to vote
by digby
I hadn’t even considered this, but it could very well be a problem:
Women often have trouble with government officials because they change names. I never did it but I have certainly run into various problems when trying to deal with my husband’s business because we don’t share a last name. And I have seen women in airport lines and passport offices tangling with clerks over their mismatched IDs.
I’m not sure that this is a conscious right wing strategy, however. While it’s true that more women vote for Democrats than Republicans, many millions of women still vote GOP and making it difficult for them to vote is cutting off your nose to spite your face. I suspect they just didn’t think of this what with being so focused on keeping the so-called “urban vote” down. Of course, that does work in their favor as well — women of color are more likely to vote for Democrats so perhaps it’s a two-fer.
In any case, these strict ID laws are likely to catch some women in the trap simply because they are often people who change their names. You’d think the family values party would have a problem with that.
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