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BumRushDaShow

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7. "The PA drivers license / Real ID shows a scribble that doesn't look like my real signature"
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:07 AM
Nov 2025

When I got my PA Driver's license/RealID back in 2019, I had my passport but also had my *original* SS card that I got when I was 12 years old (at the time, my dad, who was a fed, had died on the job so we got survivor's annuity, and thus my mom had to register me and my sisters into SS system, which back then had not been required for the general population unless they were going to have a work history, but is now required for all children at birth).

I pre-warned the DMV CSR doing my Real ID processing, that my "12 year old kid signature" on my SS card, would NOT look like my current signature on my license or passport, and we both had a good laugh!

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At this point if you dont have one, its on you. Callie1979 Nov 2025 #1
Really? OldBaldy1701E Nov 2025 #2
It took 3 tries before I got mine.. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2025 #6
That's another thing. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2025 #29
Three times denied for me. slightlv Nov 2025 #9
Its been the law for 20 YEARS. You dont have a drivers license or State ID? Callie1979 Nov 2025 #25
I suspect the final reason is more... class-based. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2025 #28
What a messed up state! I'm in GA. When my old one renewed, I had my "star" Callie1979 Nov 2025 #34
I'm so sorry this is happening. yardwork Nov 2025 #35
The law to implement this was passed in 2005 Jose Garcia Nov 2025 #8
More than a dozen years! forthemiddle Nov 2025 #20
Why not go full fucking Nazi? hunter Nov 2025 #3
Oh, c'mon. It's no big deal. Just as easy as getting a driver's license. We've had years to get one. Martin68 Nov 2025 #23
We don't live in a nation with a trustworthy government. hunter Nov 2025 #27
It is an issue. OrwellwasRight Nov 2025 #31
I got a passport last summer. You need a birth cetificate with your parents' names otherwise they twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #4
I dont have a passport. slightlv Nov 2025 #10
It is tempting but all of my stuff is here. twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #11
Yeah, and if you're like me, it's TOO much stuff! (LOL) slightlv Nov 2025 #15
I have enough stuff to get a booth at the local antique store. It is a semi-co-op if there is such a thing. twodogsbarking Nov 2025 #16
I always carry my US passport FakeNoose Nov 2025 #5
"The PA drivers license / Real ID shows a scribble that doesn't look like my real signature" BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #7
Sure it never occurred to me that children would have the same problem FakeNoose Nov 2025 #14
"we all complain about having to sign on those little computer screens." BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #18
I never actually sign. I just execute a random squiggle. Martin68 Nov 2025 #22
"I never actually sign. I just execute a random squiggle." BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #24
The sad thing is when I do that it looks just like my signature. Callie1979 Nov 2025 #26
Remember the conundrum of one of Obama's Treasury Secretaries BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #32
Same here! Martin68 Nov 2025 #44
It's OK to do that when the document is something you can scrutinize later FakeNoose Nov 2025 #33
I've realized that I can't vote by mail in my state. yardwork Nov 2025 #36
Yes thank you - that's an even better example FakeNoose Nov 2025 #37
No need for real id Old Crank Nov 2025 #12
"No need for real id...Unless you want to fly." BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #13
So is Social Security. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Nov 2025 #30
$18 is better than being turned away at the TSA checkpoint. maxsolomon Nov 2025 #17
"Everyone: please get a passport." BumRushDaShow Nov 2025 #19
Everyone has had plenty of time to get one. We've had our for years. This is a non-issue. Martin68 Nov 2025 #21
That's true, except that Pennsylvania finally adopted the Real-ID only recently FakeNoose Nov 2025 #40
Well, that's on PA for delaying implementation. I'm glad it worked out for most people in the end. Martin68 Nov 2025 #43
I've had a Passport for 50+ years so there is no reason for me to get RealID. Raftergirl Nov 2025 #38
It's kind of stupid Justice Nov 2025 #39
The records are all archived in separate databases FakeNoose Nov 2025 #41
How many J6er's have Real ID's? I'd bet MOST of them. Those fuckers are TERRORISTS Bengus81 Nov 2025 #42
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