BUT this is what *rump is screaming about... shutting down the government if it doesn't pass, and blaming it on the Democrats' "conspiracy" to steal the election... THAT is not beneath him, by any means. But I sincerely think it'd backfire as bad, or worse, than any of the other things he's been throwing against the wall lately.
I do worry, somewhat, tho. I tried to get a Real ID last time I got my drivers' license renewed. Because I was married and divorced and remarried, the paper trail was intense and I couldn't finish it. I've voted every year in every election since I turned 18 in 1974. I've held secret/TS clearances with the DoD in my adult years. But none of that counted without that final marriage license. Once I DID find it, I'm wondering if they'll accept it. It was what was signed by the preacher and witnesses and registered with the County, but it's such a fancy looking document, I don't know if they'll take it.
I almost had an issue with my birth certificate. At first they weren't going to accept it because it's a two-parter. My mom put her step father's last name as her maiden name (he'd never adopted her), instead of her "real" maiden name. She had to go back a few weeks later and file an amendment. THAT one document almost stopped me at the very start of the process!
This is what I meant, tho... women are going to have one hell of a time in many, many cases getting a Real ID in a lot of places. I know my blood pressure and adrenaline level was spiking early on in the process at the many intrusive documents they were demanding from me, a woman... and not from the man at the next booth. The processes and documents may differ as far as "absolutely must have" from state to state, but in some states I can see women being stripped of the right to vote because of this dumb law. Of course, in most respects, I consider Kansas to be one of the most backward. When we moved up here, they wanted me to get a power of attorney from my husband to even get a license plate on our SHARED car, which had SHARED insurance! That one, I let my adrenaline spike and my mouth spoke and I ended up walking out WITH a license plate... without a POA given to the chauvinists. When I told my husband, he nearly died laughing. He knew what I was like when he married me!
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