Because an exception to that was taken into account long before now, and trans people were not.

But just because the people that drafted this law didn't write out an exception for deadnames doesn't mean it's inherently transphobic. This was hardly a major topic in the public discourse when these laws were made.

Again, a law that requires voters have transparency is a good thing overall. It needs updated, yes, but the problem here is how it's being used as a tool to abuse. The law is to prevent fraud, but no fraud is being committed.

Exactly. Thank you. People change their name when they get married all the time. Are we to believe someone would be barred from the ballot if they get married between the petition and the ballot?

Because an exception for that was taken into account long before now, and trans people were not.

But just because the people that drafted this law didn't write out an exception for deadnames doesn't mean it's inherently transphobic. This was hardly a major topic in the public discourse when these laws were made.

Again, a law that requires voters have transparency is a good thing overall. It needs updated, yes, but the problem here is how it's being used as a tool to abuse. The law is to prevent fraud, but no fraud is being committed.

For public office I'm not entirely sure there should be an exception. I'm not sure why there is, other than people might say it's unfair to women who are the most likely to have had a name change and it's an extra burden than most men won't need to do.

If a man changed his name for marriage I would like to be aware before voting as well.

So as not to be accused of discriminating against women, who most frequently change name due to marriage.

Yuo didn't actually explain why marriage should be an exception, though. Why is it understandable? People do marry to get into certain families or escape baggage. It's less common today but it happens.

I wouldn't think so, especially with how common it is for people of Anglo culture to use a "non-official" name on official documents (in my experience, which is something I never saw with clients of other cultures).

This is a perfect opportunity for you to go do some research to see if it was known some cis-candidate changed their name and they weren't removed the ballot.

Short of that, declaring unfairness against trans people doesn't hold much water.

And that being said, people are always looking for a way to disqualify their opponents, and so in sure it's standard practice to look to see if they've violated this law to get them removed.

Although, IIRC, it you changed your name because of marriage, that doesn't count. So either they have to allow name changes from transitions to be exempt, or include name changes because of marriages to make the law fair, imo.

I had to go through this in NY, it sounds like roughly the same process. It's the biggest pain in the ass and ended up costing around $600 or so?

That was almost a decade and like six apartments ago, and I still get spam sent to me under my dead name in the mail

Because so many read and have free access to search old legal notices in newspapers.

If you want to argue name changes are public, they should be placed in a publicly searchable database.