If Birth Certificates are Needed as Proof of Citizenship to Vote:

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6. I have no idea. I have to go to court to get a legal name change.

My mother applied for SS cards for my sister and I in my step-father's name, enrolled us in school, etc. He never legally adopted us.

Basically, the name I've been know as since I was four f-ing years old does not match my birth certificate

Long story on why this has not yet been remedied, but I know I am far from alone.

An affidavit under penalty of perjury was sufficient for decades. Common law name name change by usage has been lawful and sufficient for decades.

This bullshit is bullshit. It was bad enough after 911. Now it's gotten absurd.

And what the fuck about people born under Jim Crow when they were denied access to hospitals?