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Talitha

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5. I got married in 1973, in Chicago.

Reply to Lonestarblue (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:07 PM

Feb 2026

Can't recall the exact steps but am pretty sure that before the church wedding, we needed to get the blood test and then the civil license, probably in downtown Chicago?

If I signed anything back then that changed my legal name, I certainly don't remember it. Maybe it was part of the civil license procedure.

Does anyone know how things worked back then?

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This one weird trick could stop US women from voting [View all] Lonestarblue Feb 2026 OP

The Repukes would never do this, because they would lose more voters than the Dems would FakeNoose Feb 2026 #1

Not necessarily. It's for new registrations and re-registrations. Lonestarblue Feb 2026 #3

Not for in-person voting in districts rule by Rs RandomNumbers Feb 2026 #6

This is a good point - a lot of the Dem election board officials have been chased away FakeNoose Feb 2026 #7

Becoming a poll watcher at least RandomNumbers Feb 2026 #9

So do they mean we all have to carry our birth certificates and our marriage licenses with us? viva la Feb 2026 #2

The name you were born with might have changed, and that's what they're looking at FakeNoose Feb 2026 #4

I got married in 1973, in Chicago. Talitha Feb 2026 #5

I think i just had to inform social security viva la Feb 2026 #10

Pro marriage party strikes again lame54 Feb 2026 #8

I'm married for the 2nd time. halobeam Feb 2026 #11

I never changed my last name when I married. I never had to do any of this.No doubt the travelingthrulife Feb 2026 #14

Strange thing Rebl2 Feb 2026 #12

I keep reminding the young women I know that voting was a 'right' hard fought travelingthrulife Feb 2026 #13

I have been married twice. Neither of the women I married MineralMan Feb 2026 #15