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In reply to the discussion: About a month or so ago, I suggested that everyone needs a passport or [View all]BrightKnight
(3,684 posts)118. It wouldn't hurt to lock down w yubikeys, encrypted Proton email
and other basic life security measures. More authoritarian governments tend to target political opponents with surveillance and harassment.
Probably not much that could be done against something like a politicized NSA. Basic privacy measures are always a good idea anyway.
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About a month or so ago, I suggested that everyone needs a passport or [View all]
MineralMan
Sep 2024
OP
When I came up these were items you stored where you could grab them on the way out of your burning house...
pecosbob
Sep 2024
#1
And do you think the coopted officials at the voting places will always take a passport or birth certificate?
erronis
Sep 2024
#28
The GOP aim is to require these as proof of citizenship to register to vote,
Jack Valentino
Sep 2024
#93
The R's plan to hold the US budget negotiations hostage to their proof of identity bill
pnwmom
Sep 2024
#97
Yes -- but women are a higher fraction of the population, so R's will cut more votes in that group.
pnwmom
Sep 2024
#127
Of course they're not. But it's long been known that people of color and Hispanics are targeted,
pnwmom
Sep 2024
#146
With the exception of one grandparent, three were from Mexico and never became US citizens.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#157
They were born in the US to non-citizens. His parents, uncles and aunt are all US citizens because they were born here.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#159
Only the passport of RealID proved that you are the person registered and not
LiberalArkie
Sep 2024
#114
Yes, to all this. And if the R's succeed in getting the voter identity bill passed
pnwmom
Sep 2024
#128
I got a next day appointment in Castroville. Bexar County is booked for about a month these days
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#162
It's probably getting a bit better. But gosh, it looks like there aren't many sites in the Hill Country.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#164
Wouldn't put it past Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and Dan Patrick to have limited access for areas that
summer_in_TX
Sep 2024
#166
The Hill Country is pretty f'ing red. I think they just didn't plan for population growth.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#168
A number of years ago, I read that a number of DPS offices were being closed.
summer_in_TX
Sep 2024
#169
They were planning to close a bunch. But I think Covid put a damper on their study.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#170
One of the first things I did when I came back home was to register my DD214 with the county.
mucholderthandirt
Sep 2024
#67
I scanned all my documents and sent them to myself through e-mail so if worse comes to worse,
jimfields33
Sep 2024
#82
Especially if you are a woman who has taken your partner's last name where your birth certificate will not
applegrove
Sep 2024
#5
You can also use your passport to obtain a Real ID. That's what I used (I think )
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#56
Social Security is gonna hurt alot of people! I assume IRS? We also have a few other federal buildings in town.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#148
Apparently REAL ID is for both citizens and legal residents -- I did not know this! Surely not state-by-state?!
LauraInLA
Sep 2024
#44
But non-citizens also have passports from their respective countries. Many of them also have driver's licenses.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#86
Yup, a passport will get you expedited boarding, too. Not a regular driver's license. Only RealID
Joinfortmill
Sep 2024
#88
If you are in an evacuation zone, and not at home, deputies generally will let you go grab stuff.
usonian
Sep 2024
#31
The passport office now requires both parents names be on the bc, mine had neither.
Clouds Passing
Sep 2024
#23
Depending on what state she was born in, she might be able to find herself on Family Search.
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#87
I emailed off my passport renewal two weeks ago. Getting the real ID soon
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Sep 2024
#36
And while one still can. Better to have them and not need them than the real disaster of needing them.
ancianita
Sep 2024
#46
If cost isn't a barrier, get a passport card! It's only good for travel to Mexico and Canada, but it fits
LauraInLA
Sep 2024
#47
Oh, of course! I just meant that if you can afford to do the extra card, it's easier to carry everywhere
LauraInLA
Sep 2024
#58
Ok figure this out. Remember when they said a voter ID had to be a state issued pictured ID.
usaf-vet
Sep 2024
#50
Great advice MineralMan. With these inane policies, we'll be a country where anytime the powers that be can say "Show
iluvtennis
Sep 2024
#51
Consider them an investment in freedom, mobility & safety. They're good for 10 yrs for adults & 5 yrs for under 15 yrs.
ancianita
Sep 2024
#61
This is a backdoor one. In order to access the franchise a person needs to pay for the Passport
TheKentuckian
Sep 2024
#74
OF COURSE, it is a effectively a poll tax! Isn't this being litigated as just that?
CTyankee
Sep 2024
#76
Passports take 3-4 weeks. I just got mine renewed. Expedited passports can be obtained within days. The country is up
ancianita
Sep 2024
#89
You are a US citizen if you are born in the US. Unless you renounce your citizenship.....
LeftInTX
Sep 2024
#90
Right that is why a birth certificate is not a document that proves your a citizen n/t
aggiesal
Sep 2024
#104
Ours are good until 2028 (I just checked, thanks to you) . In 2018 I insisted we update ours...
Hekate
Sep 2024
#68
If a case like gets appealed to the current SCOTUS, they'll make actual flat-out poll taxes "constitutional"
RidinWithHarris
Sep 2024
#75
If Trump somehow wins, having your passport may help ensure you are not deported, though that's not a guarantee.
LonePirate
Sep 2024
#79
BIRTH CERTIFICATE - that thing your parents got from the hospital with the cute little footprint IS NOT a birth
progree
Sep 2024
#83
Those "documentation hoops" are higher for married women who have changed their surnames.
pnwmom
Sep 2024
#98
Ask for a provisional ballot if they question you. The requirements differ by state.
flying_wahini
Sep 2024
#144
Fortunately, some of us live in states where voter suppression bs is not a problem.
Sneederbunk
Sep 2024
#145