General Discussion

She only moved to my state as an adult. “How would my friends find me?”, she asked. Later, when she started a high school reunion organization, her biggest problem was locating her married female high school classmates, who were scattered over the country, having only been temporarily together as children of military parents from throughout the U.S.
I suggested to my current wife that she not change her name of her former husband. “Why make issues for yourself with Social Security and identity at this time in your life?”, I said. Later, after reading about the necessity of having a Real ID to possibly vote as a woman whose name doesn’t match her birth certificate and our state deadline to apply for it, she did. Now, she had a problem with her ex’s name . Being a “Saint”, some of her documents show a space between the prefix St. and the rest of the name, while others combine the St with the rest of the name. That raised a red flag, requiring more documentation to settle it.
I think that the underlying purpose of requiring a “real” identification is to create turmoil at the polls so that there’s long lines to discourage voting. Prohibiting mail-in voting just adds more voters to those lines. Then there’s the issue of states purging their voter lists so that to reregister, all those identity requirements come into play. Having the post office now delaying date stamping those allowed mail-in ballots until they reach a designated regional distribution PO would invalidate many of those allowed “last minute” votes. Voter lists show the party identification so it’s also easy to challenge those voters of the party not in power to keep them from voting.
It’s a known fact that in midterm elections the incumbency is at risk of becoming the minority as more disgruntled citizens come out to vote.