She wanted her driver’s license to say Jennifer Martinez Atzberger. The DMV said nope, too many letters. They told her to drop off two letters and suggested that she drop off “ez” on Martinez. She’s like, Ummm, my name isn’t Jennifer Martin Atzberger. So then they said, just do Jennifer M. Atzberger. And that’s what her voter registration then became.

Also – about the judges, no offense intended, but at least two of the three have last names that are well-known around here. This probably sounds extreme, but they almost should have recused themselves, especially when you consider that their opinion NEVER NEVER NEVER touches the part of the cases that deal with name changes connected to defrauding the voters into thinking you’re someone you aren’t (like Scott Miller did by trying to add Russo into his name).

Otherwise, the opinion is bogus. I also recall a line of cases that say that you can use more than one name at a time.

By the way, all three appellate judges on the panel (Gallagher, Kilbane, Blackmon) are Democrats.

All the more reason to get the GOP out of the Secretary of State’s office.