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Take NYC for example: To apply for a photo ID card, you must: Be a citizen or a legal resident of the U.S. Be a resident of New York State. Have your origin
by adjkant 8y ago
Take NYC for example:
To apply for a photo ID card, you must:
Be a citizen or a legal resident of the U.S.
Be a resident of New York State.
Have your original birth certificate.
Have your Social Security card.
Be able to provide enough documents to verify your identity.
https://www.dmv.org/ny-new-york/id-cards.php https://www.dmv.org/ny-new-york/id-cards.php
That's far from easy, and it's very easy to imagine scenarios where one lacks one or more of those. Proving residency can be hard, and is impossible for those who are homeless. The homeless have a right to vote.
- yznovyak 8y agoThis doesn't sound right. I got an NYC ID (Learner's Permit) without being a citizen and without presenting my birth certificate. I think I have had my Foreign (Ukrainian) Passport, employment authorization form (the form that goes with H1B visa), and a SSN card. I don't remember having to prove that I'm an NYC resident and I don't think I could have proved that -- I was living in a corporate housing back then.
- cm2012 8y agoMy wife can't get NY ID, since she her mom changed her name as a baby twice and lost all of the docs, so they won't accept her current proof.
- Covzire 8y agoThen we should be trying to help homeless people get valid IDs, their quality of life depends on it at least as much as voting, likely far more.
- ascagnel_ 8y agoProving identity is like trying to write an address validation algorithm: there’s a million one-off, real-world exceptions to any given rule that it makes it impossible. https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses/ https://www.mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-a...