Trump’s executive order on voting rights. I may be misinterpreting this (correct me please if I am), but it sure sounds like you won’t be allowed to vote if you didn’t opt for a “RealID” version of your license. A regular driver’s license contains no information regarding citizenship status, at least in my state, so it wouldn’t count. A lot of low income people in rural America have skipped getting a “RealID” because it’s more expensive. If this order goes thru, that decision may cost them their right to vote. This could disenfranchise millions of low income voters.
I don’t have a RealID and had no intention of getting one. It took over a month to get a replacement birth certificate last year when I needed “proof of citizenship”. When my driver’s license expires I may opt for the RealID if it’s not a major hassle, but something tells me it’s about to become one.
You go to the DMV and provide a bill with your name on it + a government document like SS card.
It’s pretty easy.
Nothing about the DMV has ever been described as “easy”.
“I’ve been to hell, I spell it…”
Both the PA, DC, NJ, and VA DMVs have been extremely easy. I haven’t had a bad DMV experience in 10 years 🤷♂️
Lucky you, I’ve never had a good one
Out of curiosity: do you never fly anywhere? Do you not anticipate needing to fly anywhere on the near future, given the current context? Do you not have a passport?
I do not have a passport. I’ve never left North America. Also, I don’t fly anywhere unless there’s no other option. I haven’t been on a plane in 2-3 years.
In the states, I believe it’s now required to have a RealID to get on a plane now. It’s that or a passport. And you need a passport (or at least a passport card) to get into Mexico or Canada if you don’t want to deal with the customs people having to pull you aside and call the state department or whatever. I say that having watched an idiot friend of a friend not bring a passport when we all drove up to Montreal years ago - stalled us for over an hour at the border because he was a dipshit. I expect Canadian and Mexican immigration officials will be rather less tolerant of such mistakes these days.