“She doesn’t make speeches anymore. She has become speechless. She stays in her home, but it doesn’t seem to agree with her. How furious she must be, now that she’s been taken at her word.”
“She doesn’t make speeches anymore. She has become speechless. She stays in her home, but it doesn’t seem to agree with her. How furious she must be, now that she’s been taken at her word.”
I don’t want to defend the horseshit Republicans are shoveling around but this isn’t true. You can access the text of H.R. 2022, the so called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, at this link.
If you read 2(b)(1), don’t worry it’s on the very first page of the link, it clearly states:
“(1) A form of identification issued consistent with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United States.
As of September 2020 all US States and territories are issuing REAL ID compliant Drivers Licenses and State ID cards.
So anyone whose undergone a name change, regardless of gender, who has a State Issued ID meets the requirement. No passport necessary.
Republicans are up to enough awful shit without needing to lie about it. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act does not disenfranchise 80 million married woman.
Getting a REAL ID is not that easy - I got turned away when I tried (despite having a passport? it was confusing?) so I had to go with a non compliant one.
(Of course, as a trans person, I’m mega fucked when it’s time to renew. Hopefully things are sane again by 2028/I don’t lose my DL in between now and then.)
I’m sorry that happened to you.
We’ve had REAL ID here in Wyoming for at least a decade and even for my wife it was pretty straightforward; she just had to show Birth Certificate and Marriage License to prove the name change and she was done. That was at least two drivers licenses ago (ours expire every 5 years) and she’s had no trouble with renewal.
I’m going to guess you ran into trouble because you are trans in Oklahoma and they didn’t like the gender change?
It was more to do with my last name being changed when I was married I think? I had no idea. I’ve got a passport at least, so I can still fly for now.
Oklahoma fought Real ID. Part of why enforcement keeps getting pushed back - for some reason. We don’t like it when the government tells us to do anything here. (It’s like pathological demand avoidance - “I thought you wanted more secure IDs so that illegals can’t have drivers licenses?” “Not if you’re making me 😠”)