Married Women's Registration

PACKEL, Attorney General,

You have asked, and Ms. Arlene Lotman, Executive Director, Commission on the Status of Women, has brought to our attention, the question whether a woman, on marriage, must change her voter registration so as to reflect her husband’s surname, or “married name,” or whether she has the option to use her birth name, or so-called “maiden name.” We have also been asked whether a woman who currently is registered under her married name can have her registration changed to her birth name.

It is our opinion, and you are so advised, that a married woman may register to vote…