In California you don't need an ID to vote. If you aren't registered you can still fill out provisional ballot at a polling place. The problem in the US is eac

In California you don't need an ID to vote. If you aren't registered you can still fill out provisional ballot at a polling place. The problem in the US is each state is basically it's own country. And states are the ones that record birth certificates and issue ID cards. So the Feds rely on the states for that. Are you a native citizen? State of Georgia says yes. It generally works on the idea of good faith. So where that applies it's fine. Where that doesn't there are problems. Like all the former states of the Confederacy.