This is exhausting using a phone.
I use my phone to read, but rarely respond using it. I agree responding on a phone can be tough. When responding maybe you should use a real computing device (tablet, laptop, or desktop) - Just a suggestion.[/quote]
1. Texas requires women to have their maiden name on their DL since 1964.
TRANSPORTATION CODE CHAPTER 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
TxDPS - Change Information on Your Driver License or ID Card
TxDPS - Identification Requirements
The first link is to the official State of Texas Statutes on Transportation, specifically the section on Driver's Licenses and Certificate. I actually read it while out running errands and waiting for my wife, then I did separate a text searches for "Name" and "Maiden". No where did it require a woman to list a maiden name. Texas lists the full
legal name of the person on Driver's Licenses and ID Certificates. The other two links show that if the names on identification documents don't match, then the individual must provide legal documentation of a name change (Marriage License, Divorce Decree, etc.) The ID is then amended and reissued with the new legal name.
2. Women of her generation use their maiden as their middle name.
Understood and acknowledged, however what her legal name is and what she may have chosen in everyday life to use can be two completely different things. An individual only has one legal name and a Marriage Certificate is one way to execute a name change - others being a divorce decree and court approved.
When a couple get married they have 4 basic options, lets apply them to Linda Lynn Lemore and John James Jones
#1 Retain original name (yes people can and do to do that). With this choice the couple is married and their legal names are Linda Lynn Lemore and John James Jones.
#2 Name change - Maiden Name. In this case the individual replaces their legal middle name with their maiden name creating a new legal name. So we have Linda Lemore James and John James Jones.
#3 Name change - Original Middle Name. In this case the individual keeps their legal middle name replaces the last name to create a new legal name. So we have Linda Lynn Jones and John James Jones.
#4 Name change - Hyphenated Name. In this case the individual keeps their legal middle name replaces the last name to create a new legal name. So we have Linda Lynn Lemore-James James and John James Jones.
My wife and I have been married for close to 30 years, we discussed and she adopted option #3. Once the name change because final (i.e. the license was registered with the County Clerk) she began the process of changing her name at her employer, on her ID's, on her voter registration, Social Security, and all the other myriad places it needed to be changed.
3. It doesn't match their voter ID card.
Yep that's the problem, she didn't use her legal name where she needed to.
Listen I'm a reasonable guy, a cross check of State ID and Voter registration will show the same SSN. Shouldn't be that big a deal in this day and ag
That's the problem though it's clear it's her. This is a problem loads of married, divorced or separated women will deal with. Including those who use hyphenated names.
Yep, it's a problem. The individual is responsible to ensure they use their legal name for legal purposes.
As to your motor voter suggestion, obviously that is not the case in Texas. The voter id she was using was not adequate though she's been married for 49 years.
Actually it was. She voted on a provisional ballot and was given an opportunity to correct the problem. If she is a responsible individual (and one would hope a Judge is a responsible individual) she corrected the problem and it shouldn't occur again.
And again, they have to return with an exact id in order for their vote to count. Why should a woman like this be put through a second trip when her id was sufficient all those years. Or any woman?
What good is the common sense idea of someone needing to show proof of identify to cast their ballot and then say that the individual is not required to have an ID? That makes no sense.
The ID wasn't sufficient because the law changed. I receive notification and a replacement Voter Registration card before each election from the County Clerk with a summary of any changes to the law and what requirements must be met to cast my ballot. If she received such information and choose to ignore it then the problem is with her, not with the system.
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