How voter proof of citizenship can affect married women with changed name

A Glendale voter who changed her name when she got married says other women need to be aware of the extra burden they may face when providing proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

Brenda Shearer is one of the 83,000 Maricopa County voters who must provide proof of citizenship after an Arizona Motor Vehicle Division data error incorrectly marked her as having done so, letting her cast a full ballot for decades.

“How many people don’t have this or that and have to go scurrying around to get copies of this, copies of that?” she said…

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