Chase: Hello. Today, I'm gonna be talking about Canada and the voter registration
cards that all us trans people have been getting incorrectly.
And by that I mean like all of our names are messed up on them. Yeah fun
I want to like disclaimer this video by saying that I am not in a good mood right now
my phone is all messed up and not working I
this is either like the perfect time for me to make this video cause I'm pissed off or it's like the worst time because I'm
Like extra pissed off. You know I'm saying? Alright, so if you're not from Canada, and you're watching this
Please just watch. Like don't like click off because you think this isn't relevant to you
It is definitely relevant to everybody even if you're trans, even if you're not. So in Canada
We all got these cards in the mail. These are our voter registration cards. On October 19th, there is a federal vote
Um, So on these cards you have on
One side it tells you like where you're going to vote and then on the other side
your address because this gets sent in the mail, and then it gives you your name and
Uh, let me just say that I changed my name over three- four years ago? three years ago
yeah, three years ago now. Over three years, three and a half years and
I've changed it in everything.
I changed my driver's license. I changed it with the Quebec government. I changed it with the Canadian government
I changed my sin number my sin... name
on my my social insurance number- name, whatever. Everything has changed. There's literally no like, leftover dust
[Loud car honking outside]
Really?
Really? Trying to piss me off even more? Alright. Thanks. That's over um
okay, so I don't even know where I was because now I'm all distracted but
Everything has been changed. There's literally like no left over. Even I was able to change my name on PayPal
Do you know how hard that is to do? It took me like seven months to be able to do that just because I did
Not want to make a new account. I wanted my PayPal account
I had to just- whatever. Anyways, point being everything was changed
I got this paper in the mail with my old name on it. Now, I'm not gonna call it a dead name
I've talked about this in my other videos. I don't like all that. You can call it that
Regarding your name. To me, I don't like it. It feels like I'm dead or something. I don't like that
No dead, just old name, which I don't identify with. It is inappropriate. Especially because it was sent to my apartment building
What if it wasn't me that like went into my mailbox?
What if it was one of my roommates that like didn't know the name? Like, are you kidding me? Like, you would have just outed me
If I wasn't out to people or you outed other people who got this in the mail and other-
[sigh]
All right, so what is the issue?
Every single trans person that I know in Canada, every single one that I know, I don't know every trans person
But every trans person that I know that has legally changed their name six months ago,
Four years ago, three years ago,
Ten years ago,  has gotten their voter registration card with the wrong name
Are you kidding me? I don't care if this is a coincidence. This is inappropriate
There is no way
There's no way, no way.
There's no way
There is someone out there who like didn't press a button or something. That I hope that they lose their job like I don't like
when
Honestly I got this in the mail
And I was like, are you kidding me? After my friend who had changed her name years ago
Sent me an email and told me that it happened to her. I was like. Oh is it gonna happen to me
I didn't get my voter registration card. I had to call them and then
They they asked me like, 'Oh is it under a different name?' and I was like. Oh, so I just hung up
I want to deal with it, and then I get this in the mail like a week later with the wrong name on it
So I call them
[Sigh]  Me thinking it only happened to me and my other friend. Like, oh okay like maybe it's just cause Quebec is so weird with their like
Policies and shit like that. I thought maybe it was just that. I call them. They tell me that
Um, they make me like say this name. Even though they had it in the system, that they said it but
anyways, I had to go to the office. Like I literally had to go the office and like re-register or like change the
Name. Whatever. At least I was able to vote early so I voted like last week
But still the fact that this, that I had to like move and like change it
Come on, and this isn't even the end of it. It's not happening in Quebec
It's happening everywhere else. Dear God if you're a trans person and this didn't happen to you. Oh my god bless. Bless!
I'm not even jealous. I'm just like bless you, You are lucky!
bless
But for everyone else, and I'm saying this that I've like heard from so many other people I posted an article
And I oh my god, it's like
Disheartening how many people actually commented and said that this had happened to them.
Everywhere around Canada. Everywhere. Around. Canada.
Like I don't know if this happens in the States
I'm sure it does, but to the level that every single trans person that has ever changed their name, even-
Come on. There was an election like four or five years ago. like. There was an election
Where these people who had already changed their name
Got voter registration cards with their new name. And now this year. when we're getting all of our voter registration cards
They're all with the wrong name? Are you kidding me?
Don't tell me on the phone that I had to change it with Elections Canada when I changed it with
Every little thing in detail that you could ever change your name on. Everything!
Everything. I literally changed my name even on spam email. I changed my name. You don't mess with me
I don't want to see that name anywhere.  [sigh]  I'm obviously like a little upset right now. I'm sorry. I'm not. You know what?
Sorry, not sorry. I'm really not. This is pissing me off. This is not fair.
Um, I'm gonna go into some conspiracy up in here. Like the liberal trans people, you don't want them to vote because they'll vote Harper out!
This is me just conspiracy like against Harper, whatever
Um, yeah... [laughs]
This is a bit stressful um
Like I was able to deal with it, but honestly like the trauma that came with it, and that sounds really dramatic
but honestly when you
Have not received a piece of mail or seen that name on anything in over two years like
Come on. You get this in the mail expect it. Oh, finally
Yeah, I can vote like don't have to worry about anything I can just, you know, vote with the masses
And then you get this shit. I can't even look at this fucking piece of paper. Like seriously? like
[sigh]
It's like it alway- it's always going to come back
It's always gonna come back and like, like just like nudge you a little bit
Just like shock you into like, 'Hey remember this?' like it's.. Am I gonna have to deal with this next election? like
What? Am I gonna have to deal with this and of things? Are there like other hidden things that
I didn't know that I was supposed to change? Like I know I got my voter registration card for Quebec with a new name
What the fuck?
If Quebec can do it and Quebec has all these weird rules about changing your name and shit like that
I think that Canada can get on board you know what I'm saying? like oh my god...
Oh my god, and I'm like trying to think like did I actually change my name with Canada
Yes
I went physically to the office at like
7:00 in the morning to get there early to go get it in, get it out
just do the thing. I did it at the same time as my passport because
My passport and the sin office are like beside each other and that's where I was like oh, I'm changing my name
I changed my name. Here's all my information. Changed my sin and changed my name in the Canadian system. Thank.
Did they listen? Obviously not. Anyways.
[sigh] I'm dramatic. I feel like shit. I'm gonna go shop or something. Um if this has happened to you, I am so sorry
That this has happened. I'm sure it's happened to multiple people that are watching this video and honestly it sucks
Just know that you're not alone and that like everybody is suffering through this
Um, not something to be proud of but at least we have each other?
Anyways, I wanted to talk about one last thing regarding this.
I thought, You know what? fuck them. I'm not gonna do this. I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna change all my information and and and vote because this is some bullshit
But then I thought no I'm not gonna do that, just to give him the big middle finger. I am gonna fucking go change it
[sigh] Especially if this was like done on purpose
Which me, conspiracy everything's always about being trans
I'm doing this right now. But like no. I'm gonna vote. I voted. You should vote too. Don't let this bullshit
Make you not vote. Vote so that we can change it. Do you know what I'm saying?
[deep inhale]
Relax. Chase, Relax.
Hashtag, rant video. Sorry about that. No, seriously. I'm just like...
I didn't wanted to make a video about this for like a week, like I got this paper like two weeks ago or something.
Oh my god. It's making me so angry.
I'm having chest palpitations. I'm going to go take some Ativan.
Have a great week. I'll see you later. Come see me in Utah next week. Bye
