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meow2u3

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6. We should also raise money for people to get their birth certificates

Reply to drm604 (Original post)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 10:55 AM

Mar 2012

so they could get ID. In PA, the cost of a certified copy is $10, money that would be better spent on food and/or shelter. Most of those disenfranchised by photo ID laws are native born citizens; naturalized citizens can easily present a naturalization certificate to get ID.

Info about PA birth certificates: http://www.portal.health.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/birth_certificates/14121

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Maybe we need to start ID drives similar to voter registration drives. [View all] drm604 Mar 2012 OP

Great idea liberal N proud Mar 2012 #1

I love that idea! nt K8-EEE Mar 2012 #2

Unions and Occupy should get behind this. Let's make it a real campaign. OregonBlue Mar 2012 #3

This will probably be even more important than registration Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #4

Not just educating people. drm604 Mar 2012 #5

We should also raise money for people to get their birth certificates meow2u3 Mar 2012 #6

It's been so many years (decades actually) since I first got my driver's license drm604 Mar 2012 #7

Do you have a passport? meow2u3 Mar 2012 #8

Nope, don't have a passport. drm604 Mar 2012 #9

News reports say Pa. will pay for non-driver photo IDs JPZenger Mar 2012 #10

So we need to somehow help people get birth certiticates and then photo IDs. drm604 Mar 2012 #11