• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The law makes sense. If someone is a convicted felon, changes their name to avoid the inevitable Google searches, and decides to run for office, that former name absolutely should be disclosed.

    What’s weird here is the limit of “past 5 years” and “excluding marriage.”

    So totally cool for a felon to change their name MORE than 5 years ago, or, simply get married, no disclosure required.

    So what even is the purpose of the law?