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October 23, 2013
I think I will have a similar problem as the judge in the above story. My driver's license is First Middle Maiden-Married.
My voter registration card is First Maiden Married.
Do I need to get my voter ID card changed and how do I do that?
This sucks.
Harsh new Texas voter ID law almost blocks woman judge from voting
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/23/harsh-new-texas-voter-id-law-almost-blocks-woman-judge-from-voting/A new voter ID law requiring strict uniformity across all forms of identification nearly kept a Texas district judge from being able to cast her ballot in the states early voting session. According to Think Progress, Judge Sandra Watts was challenged at the poll when she presented her usual ID.
What I have used for voter registration and for identification for the last 52 years was not sufficient yesterday when I went to vote, 117th District Court Judge Sandra Watts told KIII-TV.
Watts said she has voted in every election for the last 49 years and that her name on her drivers license has remained the same for the last 52. The address on her license and voter registration card have been the same for more than two decades. However, on Tuesday, at the outset of early voting for the Nov. 5 election, the judge was asked to sign a voters affidavit saying that she is who she says she is before she would be allowed to vote.
The problem was that her maiden name was listed as her middle name on her drivers license, whereas on her voter registration card, her actual middle name is listed. This small discrepancy was enough to have her flagged as a potentially fraudulent voter.
Under laws recently adopted by the Republican-led state legislature, anyone whose name differs even slightly from one form of ID to another is automatically flagged for possible vote fraud. The new policy could particularly impact women who now go by married or hyphenated names.
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What I have used for voter registration and for identification for the last 52 years was not sufficient yesterday when I went to vote, 117th District Court Judge Sandra Watts told KIII-TV.
Watts said she has voted in every election for the last 49 years and that her name on her drivers license has remained the same for the last 52. The address on her license and voter registration card have been the same for more than two decades. However, on Tuesday, at the outset of early voting for the Nov. 5 election, the judge was asked to sign a voters affidavit saying that she is who she says she is before she would be allowed to vote.
The problem was that her maiden name was listed as her middle name on her drivers license, whereas on her voter registration card, her actual middle name is listed. This small discrepancy was enough to have her flagged as a potentially fraudulent voter.
Under laws recently adopted by the Republican-led state legislature, anyone whose name differs even slightly from one form of ID to another is automatically flagged for possible vote fraud. The new policy could particularly impact women who now go by married or hyphenated names.
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I think I will have a similar problem as the judge in the above story. My driver's license is First Middle Maiden-Married.
My voter registration card is First Maiden Married.
Do I need to get my voter ID card changed and how do I do that?
This sucks.
October 18, 2013
If you have time to chatter
Read books
If you have time to read
Walk into mountain, desert and ocean
If you have time to walk
Sing songs and dance
If you have time to dance
Sit quietly, you Happy Lucky Idiot
Nanao Sakaki (1923-2008) was a Japanese poet and the author of Bellyfulls. This poem is from How to Live on the Planet Earth © 2013.
http://www.tricycle.com/parting-words/happy-lucky-idiot
Happy Lucky Idiot
If you have time to chatter
Read books
If you have time to read
Walk into mountain, desert and ocean
If you have time to walk
Sing songs and dance
If you have time to dance
Sit quietly, you Happy Lucky Idiot
Nanao Sakaki (1923-2008) was a Japanese poet and the author of Bellyfulls. This poem is from How to Live on the Planet Earth © 2013.
http://www.tricycle.com/parting-words/happy-lucky-idiot
October 17, 2013
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/10/cruz-the-dream-of-keeping-poor-people-from-seeing-a-doctor-must-never-die.html?utm_source=tny&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=borowitz&mbid=nl_Borowitz%20(183)
CRUZ: “THE DREAM OF KEEPING POOR PEOPLE FROM SEEING A DOCTOR MUST NEVER DIE”
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Acknowledging that the government shutdown was coming to an end, an emotional Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took to the Senate floor today to make an impassioned speech, telling his colleagues, The dream of keeping poor people from seeing a doctor must never die.
His eyes welling up with tears, Sen. Cruz said, I embarked on this crusade with a simple goal: to keep affordable health care out of the reach of ordinary, hard-working Americans. And while this battle was lost, that dreamthat precious, cherished dreamwill live on.
Reflecting on the government shutdown and near-default that almost touched off a global financial apocalypse, Sen. Cruz said, Well give it another try in a few weeks.
Sen. Cruzs closest ally, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) also spoke reverently of the shutdown, calling it the most expensive Civil War reënactment in history.
Unfortunately, once again, the wrong side won, he said.
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His eyes welling up with tears, Sen. Cruz said, I embarked on this crusade with a simple goal: to keep affordable health care out of the reach of ordinary, hard-working Americans. And while this battle was lost, that dreamthat precious, cherished dreamwill live on.
Reflecting on the government shutdown and near-default that almost touched off a global financial apocalypse, Sen. Cruz said, Well give it another try in a few weeks.
Sen. Cruzs closest ally, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) also spoke reverently of the shutdown, calling it the most expensive Civil War reënactment in history.
Unfortunately, once again, the wrong side won, he said.
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http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/10/cruz-the-dream-of-keeping-poor-people-from-seeing-a-doctor-must-never-die.html?utm_source=tny&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=borowitz&mbid=nl_Borowitz%20(183)
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