• @[email protected]
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    419 hours ago

    I’m not american but how exactly is making your name match birth certificate denying women’s rights?

    • @[email protected]
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      518 hours ago

      In the US it is common for women to legally change their their last name to their Husband’s last name when they get married. Having eligibility to vote tied to your name matching your name at birth would make these women unable to vote.

    • @[email protected]
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      518 hours ago

      Normally when you get married the woman changes her last name to match her husband. So this rule would make married women unable to vote.

    • @captainlezbian
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      214 hours ago

      It’s common for women to undergo a name change when marrying