{"id":19451,"date":"2024-03-15T21:22:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/?p=19451"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:37:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T16:37:25","slug":"lindas-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/lindas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"VoteRiders Helps Indiana Voter Track Down 50-Year-Old Documents so She Can Get ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY ERIN CARDEN, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR \u2014 MARCH 15, 2024<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More women are engaging in our democracy than ever before, but confusing and complicated voter ID laws are threatening to silence the power of their votes. This Women\u2019s History Month, VoteRiders is spotlighting one woman who had to track down multiple decades-old marriage licenses and divorce decrees so she could get the ID she needed to exercise her freedom to vote. Luckily, VoteRiders was there to lend a hand.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is her story.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Linda was told she couldn\u2019t get an Indiana state ID until she submitted multiple marriage licenses and divorce decrees \u2014 one dating back to fifty years \u2014 she was floored.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19452\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FB_IMG_16470520551452001-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"VoteRiders Helps Indiana Voter Track Down 50-Year-Old Documents so She Can Get ID \" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FB_IMG_16470520551452001-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/FB_IMG_16470520551452001.jpg 469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Dickerson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like so many other Americans who change their name, Linda found herself taking on the role of a detective, stuck in a maze of bureaucracy and paperwork as she attempted to track down a paper trail of documents to prove how her last name had become \u201cDickerson.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt didn\u2019t matter that I had an expired passport <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an expired driver&#8217;s license from a different state,\u201d Linda exclaimed. \u201cAs far as the state is concerned, if you&#8217;re a female who has been married and divorced and you don&#8217;t take back the name that matches your birth certificate, you have to keep certified copies of all this information to prove how you got the name that you have. I thought to myself, how many other women are in this same situation? I bet it\u2019s a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approximately <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/msmagazine.com\/2022\/10\/25\/voter-id-laws-midterm-women-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seven out of 10 women<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> change their last name when they get married or divorced. This percentage is especially concerning when considering the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/voter-id-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tidal wave of voter ID laws<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that has swept our country since 2020. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/voterid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voter ID laws<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which are currently in place in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/staterules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">38 states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, often require that voters present an ID that matches the name they used when they registered to vote \u2014 which can be years ago. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/pride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trans women<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who change their name also often face barriers to the ballot box in addition to experiencing intimidation, discrimination, and harassment if their gender presentation or name doesn\u2019t match their ID or voter registration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women have powered our democracy for decades. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cawp.rutgers.edu\/facts\/voters\/gender-differences-voter-turnout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, women have voted in every presidential election at higher rates than men since 1964. In the 2020 presidential election, women cast 10 million more ballots, and over seven million more women registered to vote in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every year, more women are actively engaging in our democracy \u2014 and yet millions are being silenced by restrictive and convoluted voter ID laws.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>\u201cI can\u2019t vote in Indiana without a <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/states\/indiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>photo ID<\/b><\/a><b>,\u201d Linda explained. \u201c<\/b><b>I also don&#8217;t go anywhere \u2014 I&#8217;m in a wheelchair, I\u2019m homebound. And I don\u2019t have the money to pay for these documents, so<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/states\/indiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b> Indiana\u2019s voter ID law<\/b><\/a><b> is disenfranchising people who are not only female but who are also disabled and don&#8217;t have the money. It\u2019s so discriminatory. Voting is very important, especially right now because we&#8217;re coming up on a big election. It\u2019s your civic duty. You\u2019ve got a voice and you\u2019ve got to get out there and vote.\u201c<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linda moved to Indiana in 2021. Her previous driver\u2019s license from Kentucky expired in 2022. It wasn\u2019t until November 2023 that Linda finally found a way to get the Indiana ID she needed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One day, Linda was scrolling through social media when she came across <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tizzyent\/video\/7296951352058547499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on TikTok that mentioned how <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteriders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VoteRiders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could help folks obtain underlying documents needed to secure an ID. Linda visited VoteRiders\u2019 website and sent an email to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:info@voteriders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@voteriders.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explaining that she needed assistance. Shelly, one of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/volunteer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VoteRiders\u2019 dedicated volunteers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, followed up with Linda shortly afterwards. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/shelly-volunteer-highlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shelly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gathered information from Linda and was able to track down her marriage licenses and divorce decrees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShelly <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">performed miracles,\u201d Linda beamed. \u201cI was singing her praises from the rooftops.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Linda\u2019s final divorce decree arrives from Washington, it\u2019ll be time for her to secure her Indiana state ID. Because Linda is disabled, getting to and from her local BMV is challenging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShelly is also going to see if someone from the BMV can come to my home instead of me going there,\u201d Linda explained. \u201dI told her that would be wonderful because I&#8217;m wheelchair-bound. If I have to move, I can move, but it&#8217;s extremely painful. Shelly also said that if I had to go to the BVM to get my ID, she would arrange <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteriders.org\/freehelp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free transportation <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there and back and another VoteRiders volunteer would also be there in person to assist me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Linda thinks about how she will feel when she\u2019s finally able to hold her new ID in her hand, the first word that comes to her mind is \u201cfreedom.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ll be free. Free to vote, free to be who I am, to be legitimized. I have told so many people about the great work that VoteRiders is doing. I&#8217;ve said, \u2018If you\u2019re a woman, you need to be paying attention because you may not know that you can&#8217;t vote. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You guys are doing great work and I just can&#8217;t thank you enough for everything.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY ERIN CARDEN, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR \u2014 MARCH 15, 2024 More women are engaging in our democracy than ever before, but confusing and complicated voter ID laws are threatening to silence the power of their votes. 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