New Texas Voter ID Law Glitch Hits People With Name Changes

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Friday December 13, 2013 · 6:50 PM PST

2013/12/13 · 18:50

When I moved to Austin, Texas, over 20 years ago, one of the first things I did was register to vote. At the time I was married, soon to be divorced, and the name on my voter card was "First Name, Maiden Name, Married Name."

After the divorce, my name was legally changed back to "First Name, Maiden Name," and I took steps to change the name everywhere -- Social Security card, driver's license, bank accounts, work, voter registration, etc. (That's a heck of a lot of work, btw. When I remarried a few years later, I kept my name!)

This November, before I voted, I double checked my voter registration card against my driver's license, and both matched exactly: "First Name, Middle Name, Last Name," and I had no problems at the polls.

So, at least for me there were no problems, or was there something looming over the orange squiggly below?

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Monday December 22, 2008 · 9:36 AM PST

2008/12/22 · 09:36

Sadly, we have another notable death from Austin, Texas in the past week. (Jennifer Gale also died -- I did a diary about her last week.)

Amanda Roberts Jones died days after turning 110 years old. She was the daughter of an ex-slave, and recently received a bit of attention nationwide with her mail-in vote for Obama in November. What changes she must have seen in her life -- her father had been a slave, she had to pay a poll tax, but she did get to vote for Obama.

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Wednesday December 17, 2008 · 7:45 PM PST

2008/12/17 · 19:45

Kossaks from Dallas & Austin may be familiar with a frequent political candidate, Jennifer Gale, who has run for various positions in both cities.

Ms. Gale was found dead today in Austin, near the University of Texas campus.

http://www.dallasnews.com/...

http://www.statesman.com/...

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 11:30 AM PDT

2008/09/29 · 11:30

Has this been posted yet?

http://money.cnn.com/...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The fate of the Bush administration's $700 billion financial bailout plan was abruptly thrown in doubt Monday as a House vote turned against the controversial measure.

What was supposed to be a 15-minute vote stretched past the half-hour mark as leadership scrambled for support. Investors who had been counting on the rescue plan sent the Dow Jones industrial average down as much as 700 points while watching the measure come up short of the necessary support, before rebounding slightly. The key stock reading was down more than 500 points.

The measure needs 218 votes for passage, but it came up 13 votes short of that target, as the final vote was 228 to 205 against. About 60% of Democrats voted for the measure, but less than a third of Republicans backed the measure.

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 7:52 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 19:52

If this has been diaried, I'll happily delete. (I may need to do some tag fixing, too.)

http://www.reuters.com/...

WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Democratic Rep. Barney Frank said on Wednesday Democrats had reached an agreement on a financial bailout plan, and there would be enough votes to pass it and send it to President George W. Bush to sign into law.

"We now have between House and Senate Democrats an agreement on what we think should be in the bill, and we have a meeting scheduled at 10 a.m. tomorrow to meet with the Republicans," said Frank, who chairs the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.

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Sunday August 24, 2008 · 4:03 PM PDT

2008/08/24 · 16:03

I ran across this article in yesterday's Austin American Statesman, and thought it was a wonderful, uplifting story for the upcoming events this week. Following are some highlights, but if you have a few minutes, this is an inspiring story of a fascinating woman.

Bertha Means, of Austin, Texas is most likely in the running for the oldest (88) Democratic National Convention delegate and perhaps most experienced (active since 1946) Democratic Party activist, although this will be her first time as a delegate to a National Convention.

http://www.statesman.com/...

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Monday August 18, 2008 · 3:49 PM PDT

2008/08/18 · 15:49

Sorry that this is so short -- I'll update with more if I can get some links and more information.

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Tuesday August 05, 2008 · 7:43 AM PDT

2008/08/05 · 07:43

On Friday, in the House, Chet Edwards, D-TX read a statement opposing Republican tactics in adding on non-related items (off-shore drilling) to FY 2009 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill, H.R. 6599.

"We believe that attaching them -- non-germane amendments -- to this critical veteran's bill could jeopardize its passage by unnecessarily delaying or even grinding debate completely to a halt. This is unacceptable."

Republican members booed Edwards' statement -- about 40 seconds into the video linked below.

http://www.youtube.com/...

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Saturday June 28, 2008 · 8:32 PM PDT

2008/06/28 · 20:32

The Republican party of Texas is ready to choose a bumper sticker slogan, and out of over a thousand entries, you would have thought they'd come up with something wittier than:

Obama for Change? That's all you'll have left in your pockets!

Insert idiot laugh here -- I don't know how to represent it phonetically -- "yuck yuck yuck" perhaps?

Poll

34 votes Show Results

What's Your Bumper Sticker Going to Say?

34 votes Vote Now!

What's Your Bumper Sticker Going to Say?

Obama 08!

21 votes

High gas prices? Thank a Democrat this November

1 vote

I Like Pie!

1 vote

We're the People's Front of Judea!

2 votes

$5/gallon. Thanks, GWB!

9 votes

Future First Family Fist Bump

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Wednesday June 04, 2008 · 11:11 AM PDT

2008/06/04 · 11:11

I first heard about the fist bump in some of the comments here, and I haven't seen this picture posted anywhere, and there doesn't seem to be a diary about it. (This is my first diary, btw. And when I preview this, I don't see my link anywhere -- I put brackets around it, but it doesn't seem to show up -- perhaps when I post it?)

(Which leads us to the question -- is a fist bump diary-worthy? )

Personally, I thought it was a sweet gesture -- for just a moment, they were all alone in the vast hall together.

Poll

112 votes Show Results

Is a Fist Bump Diary-Worthy?

112 votes Vote Now!

Is a Fist Bump Diary-Worthy?

Hell Yeah!

79 votes

Booyah!

16 votes

What's a fist bump?

3 votes

I'll fist bump ya at the HC concession speech

8 votes

pie

2 votes

pi â °/°° 3

2 votes

none of the above

2 votes

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