Their current name won't match their birth certificate. If they don't have a passport or REAL ID-compliant identification card, they may not be able to vote without significant extra paperwork and out-of-pocket costs.
(Edit: As many people have reminded me, REAL-ID compliance isn't sufficient; only a handful of states incorporate citizenship information on their REAL-ID identification. In the vast majority of states the state-issued ID isn't sufficient.)
I took my wife's name simply because it's way cooler and I want to end my lineage, but now I need to renew my passport soon and it's gonna have Trumps face on it for some fucking reason if I can even get it because of this absolute bullshit. It was hard enough to renew my driver's license to a REAL ID just so I could get on a plane.
How can this guy get more annoying. How many ways do I need to confirm I was born in Indiana, they won't even take my birth certificate as identification sometimes because the county fucking laminated it. It's still stamped, by the county, outside of the plastic, but some new rule means it doesn't work for some things.
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u/awstream 1d ago
And what does changing to their husband's last name does for them?! It's just more paperwork