This whole thread is going to motte & bailey between the various forms of US gov ID. Between the union of {SSN, birth cert, driver's license (or ID in lieu ther

This whole thread is going to motte & bailey between the various forms of US gov ID. Between the union of {SSN, birth cert, driver's license (or ID in lieu thereof)}, it seems to be there's the equivalent of a federal ID. Just, like everything else we do, a terrible incomprehensible mess to Europeans. My employer requires an SSN when I start a job. TSA keeps alleging they're going to require Real ID any day now. Voting, if I have my jurisdiction's requirements right, requires an SSN, though most people will experience that in the form of driver's license, since getting a license is usually automatic voter registration where I've lived.