Anonymous troybolton12 1w

Driver’s license’s require money and most places require a personal car to take the test

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Anonymous #2 1w

You can get a state id and not need a drivers license

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Anonymous troybolton12 1w

It can be difficult if your parent never got you socials. Or, if you don’t have proof of residence. Or no birth certificate. Which is often the case in broken homes/ minority. Simplest solution is to remove barriers to get ID . Give people a government ID when they are born for free.

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Anonymous #3 1w

All you need is your social and a birth certificate for a state id i'm pretty sure. Birth certificate or passport. Typically only costing 35 dollars in total.

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Anonymous #3 1w

I have a friend who basically left his abusive parents, he had to spend a month just running around doing random paperwork to get an ID. (Without a drivers license)

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Anonymous troybolton12 1w

Yeah, social (identity) and birth certificate(lawful presence), as well as proof of residence, at least in my state. If you don’t have those on hand. then you’re kinda fucked

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Anonymous #3 1w

a month isn't really that long but i'm sure you can do it faster then that it doesn't take a lot to get the needed documentation

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Anonymous troybolton12 1w

Yeah, if you’re super fucked in terms of paperwork, your best chance is to find a support group who would advocate for you and help you do the paperwork. Anyways….. You probably can get it faster if you know exactly what to do and what to request.

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Anonymous #4 1w

Not a bad idea

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Anonymous #3 1w

You do get a social security card for free when you’re born. You just have to apply for it, it’s called ‘enumeration at birth’. It honestly shouldn’t be that difficult

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Other than some religious aspects, there is absolutely no reason I have ever seen to not get a SSN at birth. Literally just making things harder for your child.

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Anonymous #5 1w

Pretty damn hard to do EAB if you’re a baby and your parents choose not to though. It’s not you who makes that decision

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Anonymous #3 1w

It’s incredibly easy to opt in for it which is why it’s been a thing the vast majority of parents have done for decades. If your parents choose not to get you one at birth (which there are more reasons than just religious they might opt out) you can apply for one yourself at any age, and it’s still free

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Anonymous #5 1w

It is free you just need to provide evidence from like birth to today which sucks if you’re not doing it at birth. Anyways like everything is doable. And yeah it’s ass that they’re made out paper and not plastic like IDs.

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Anonymous #3 1w

It makes sense that if someone truly has no documentation at all (state ID, medical records, even school records) and no way to prove identity or citizenship, then a government agency wouldn’t be able to issue an SSN. For lawful U.S. citizens, getting one is just an administrative process, you fill out the paperwork and provide proof of identity and citizenship

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Anonymous OP 1w

In all honesty, the only way that standardized voter ID requirements doesn’t materially turn into voter disenfranchisement, is if it’s accompanied by free and automatic distribution of eligible IDs to all eligible citizens (including the unhoused population, which normally complicates the issue so much that it turns into a form of micro-disenfranchisement) Yes for voter ID only if every citizen is automatically given an eligible ID, but we still have to figure out this part specifically

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Anonymous #6 1w

Unless we do a “grandfather” system, where existing people can still vote in the existing means since registration requires identification anyway, and any new citizens being born (or naturalized) is given an eligible ID with their social security card and birth certificate? Idk though, I still worry that would have some issues

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Anonymous troybolton12 1w

“Only”: I see people on mutual aid every day begging for food for themselves and children. $35 is a lot of money for a significant part of the population.

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