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MineralMan

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140. Great, except for the bank safe deposit box.

Fri Sep 6, 2024, 12:17 PM

Sep 2024

Access to those documents could be difficult in certain situations. If the bank is closed, you have no access. If banks get shut down, which has happened. If you cannot find your physical key to that box, it can take some time to access your papers, as well.

I advise not keeping any documents you might need immediately in any bank safe deposit box.

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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

Yes. So I was taught. MineralMan Sep 2024 #3

Life is a lot more Murphy's Law than anything else IMO. pecosbob Sep 2024 #8

The universe does not care MineralMan Sep 2024 #15

And do you think the coopted officials at the voting places will always take a passport or birth certificate? erronis Sep 2024 #28

That is a different problem. MineralMan Sep 2024 #30

No, it isn't Cirsium Sep 2024 #80

What is required to vote is determined by state law. Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #73

The GOP aim is to require these as proof of citizenship to register to vote, Jack Valentino Sep 2024 #93

I was responding to a specific comment Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #94

Yes, I am not disagreeing with what you said--- Jack Valentino Sep 2024 #95

The R's plan to hold the US budget negotiations hostage to their proof of identity bill pnwmom Sep 2024 #97

Yes, I think you are absolutely right. It is to suppress the votes of women. erronis Sep 2024 #120

Not just women, but minorities (especially older minorities). Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #123

Yes -- but women are a higher fraction of the population, so R's will cut more votes in that group. pnwmom Sep 2024 #127

They aren't limited to one target population per tactic. n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #138

Of course they're not. But it's long been known that people of color and Hispanics are targeted, pnwmom Sep 2024 #146

I've been discussing it for years. n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #153

Good. We need to keep it up, because the message isn't getting through. pnwmom Sep 2024 #154

At home births have been followed up by birth certificates for quite awhile. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #155

Yes and no. Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #156

With the exception of one grandparent, three were from Mexico and never became US citizens. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #157

I'm less familiar with the process for recording Mexican births Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #158

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

I'm glad they were able to accomplish it - Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #160

Only the passport of RealID proved that you are the person registered and not LiberalArkie Sep 2024 #114

That was kind of the reasoning. Ms. Toad Sep 2024 #122

Those documents are required to get REAL ID. summer_in_TX Sep 2024 #109

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

Excellent information! summer_in_TX Sep 2024 #163

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

I'm relieved to know that! summer_in_TX Sep 2024 #171

That Delphinus Sep 2024 #48

Me too JJ101 Sep 2024 #21

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

Comedy gold! dpibel Sep 2024 #108

My family used a bank safety deposit box for important documents JoseBalow Sep 2024 #42

That's OK, unless the banks are shut down. MineralMan Sep 2024 #70

Never a bad idea to have a passport on the ready... Chakaconcarne Sep 2024 #2

Yes. 10 years. Don't forget to renew. MineralMan Sep 2024 #4

Especially if you are a woman who has taken your partner's last name where your birth certificate will not applegrove Sep 2024 #5

Yes, I mentioned that in the original post. MineralMan Sep 2024 #6

I probably got the info it was an attack on women from you applegrove Sep 2024 #59

I am getting my passport babsbunny Sep 2024 #7

A passport is an acceptable form of ID LittleGirl Sep 2024 #40

You can also use your passport to obtain a Real ID. That's what I used (I think ) LeftInTX Sep 2024 #56

Yes. I used mine, along with my vehicle registration. MineralMan Sep 2024 #134

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

I don't know how much that is enforced. MineralMan Sep 2024 #150

I have both and took both to vote in Texas primary LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #9

Great advise MineralMan. Prairie_Seagull Sep 2024 #10

REAL ID won't work! It is for identity only, not citizenship. More info: OneGrassRoot Sep 2024 #11

Not so. Real ID is designed MineralMan Sep 2024 #16

One would think so... OneGrassRoot Sep 2024 #34

Apparently REAL ID is for both citizens and legal residents -- I did not know this! Surely not state-by-state?! LauraInLA Sep 2024 #44

This is why, many years ago, I took back my maiden name. Joinfortmill Sep 2024 #38

You can obtain a Real ID without being a US citizen. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #57

RealID helps expedite boarding on airlines. Joinfortmill Sep 2024 #81

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

People who live in areas of fire danger have evacuation kits at the ready. usonian Sep 2024 #12

Well the smart ones do, anyhow. MineralMan Sep 2024 #19

If you are in an evacuation zone, and not at home, deputies generally will let you go grab stuff. usonian Sep 2024 #31

It's a barrier for poor people. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #13

Also for poorly educated and MineralMan Sep 2024 #18

LOL mobeau69 Sep 2024 #33

From your lips to God's ears! LauraInLA Sep 2024 #45

I did it because of your suggestion. Thank you Mineral Man. Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #14

Just curious Mossfern Sep 2024 #22

The passport office now requires both parents names be on the bc, mine had neither. Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #23

Ah, my friend has a similar problem Mossfern Sep 2024 #32

Depending on what state she was born in, she might be able to find herself on Family Search. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #87

Thanks Mossfern Sep 2024 #103

Have my passport DownriverDem Sep 2024 #17

I need to get mine iemanja Sep 2024 #20

Yes. For your DL. MineralMan Sep 2024 #25

The R's RIGHT NOW are holding the US budget negotiations hostage, pnwmom Sep 2024 #99

And if you're a woman who's been married more than once, two more things NotASurfer Sep 2024 #24

Don't change your name. MineralMan Sep 2024 #27

Yep, seems to be way more trouble than it is worth. TheKentuckian Sep 2024 #64

I had to show... Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #35

Sage advice. nt moniss Sep 2024 #26

I just attempted to get my real ID when renewing my license Mossfern Sep 2024 #29

I think the Real ID license requires your full legal name. MineralMan Sep 2024 #124

Thanks, but Mossfern Sep 2024 #149

The less said about photos, the better. MineralMan Sep 2024 #151

I emailed off my passport renewal two weeks ago. Getting the real ID soon BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2024 #36

My wife and I got real ID larwdem Sep 2024 #37

We just talked about it today. Good advice. twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #39

Plan ahead COL Mustard Sep 2024 #41

Actually, I expect that it will do just that. MineralMan Sep 2024 #139

Common sense. I'm adding this to my daily calendar/voting info posts! Wednesdays Sep 2024 #43

And while one still can. Better to have them and not need them than the real disaster of needing them. ancianita Sep 2024 #46

Indeed. MineralMan Sep 2024 #52

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

You can get both MineralMan Sep 2024 #53

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

Constitution Speaks2 Sep 2024 #49

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

Passports are not cheap DSandra Sep 2024 #54

True. MineralMan Sep 2024 #55

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

not a solution Cirsium Sep 2024 #60

The poll tax keeps going up. Passports are far from free. TheKentuckian Sep 2024 #65

I thought a poll tax was declared unconstituional by the Supreme Court. CTyankee Sep 2024 #71

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

Exactly Cirsium Sep 2024 #78

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

I'm not going to make anything happen. MineralMan Sep 2024 #126

Not about you Cirsium Sep 2024 #135

But you are replying TO me. MineralMan Sep 2024 #136

Seriously? Cirsium Sep 2024 #141

What I post is a representation of what I think. MineralMan Sep 2024 #142

OK Cirsium Sep 2024 #147

I'm not getting a passport arlyellowdog Sep 2024 #62

Thank you for that Cirsium Sep 2024 #143

The passport is the closest document to prove your citizenship ... aggiesal Sep 2024 #63

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

It proves you are a citizen if it is a US birth certificate. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #105

And how do you know they haven't renounced their citizenship? ... aggiesal Sep 2024 #106

Same with a passport. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #107

Not at all. You can only be a US citizen to get a passport ... aggiesal Sep 2024 #110

Well, Oswald didn't.. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #111

If you read this State Department document ... aggiesal Sep 2024 #112

I hate that you're right. All that paperwork is a defacto poll tax. Bucky Sep 2024 #66

Ours are good until 2028 (I just checked, thanks to you) . In 2018 I insisted we update ours... Hekate Sep 2024 #68

Can the bdamomma Sep 2024 #69

I am waiting for my MN enhanced drivers license..... a kennedy Sep 2024 #72

You may be waiting a while. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2024 #116

Damn, and ya it was expensive.....it's been 4 weeks already. 😡 😡 😡 a kennedy Sep 2024 #119

If a case like gets appealed to the current SCOTUS, they'll make actual flat-out poll taxes "constitutional" RidinWithHarris Sep 2024 #75

Thank you for reminding us! ailsagirl Sep 2024 #77

If Trump somehow wins, having your passport may help ensure you are not deported, though that's not a guarantee. LonePirate Sep 2024 #79

I think you're right. nt Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 #100

BIRTH CERTIFICATE - that thing your parents got from the hospital with the cute little footprint IS NOT a birth progree Sep 2024 #83

Absolutely true radical noodle Sep 2024 #85

The old microfiche one is no longer accepted either. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #91

When I got my real ID in Florida radical noodle Sep 2024 #84

I cannot vote without my drivers license. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2024 #92

Georgia has been issuing Real ID-compliant driver's licenses since 2012 Pinback Sep 2024 #96

Those "documentation hoops" are higher for married women who have changed their surnames. pnwmom Sep 2024 #98

Yep -- any name discrepancies or address changes make it harder Pinback Sep 2024 #121

Agreed! And isn't Real ID required to fly domestically in the US? CaptainTruth Sep 2024 #101

Oh, the problems Republicans cause. Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 #102

I just got a passport! LostOne4Ever Sep 2024 #113

Excellent Advice beemerphill Sep 2024 #115

Great advice PJMcK Sep 2024 #117

Great, except for the bank safe deposit box. MineralMan Sep 2024 #140

It wouldn't hurt to lock down w yubikeys, encrypted Proton email BrightKnight Sep 2024 #118

Uggh. Well I have all my papers ecstatic Sep 2024 #125

You do realize that none of that HAS to happen, provided... Frank D. Lincoln Sep 2024 #137

Plus, you might want to get the fuck out Mysterian Sep 2024 #129

We have them Keepthesoulalive Sep 2024 #130

I don't have an answer for that, really. MineralMan Sep 2024 #132

I like to travel abroad. I need both. Martin68 Sep 2024 #131

Yes. Not everyone is in that situation, though. MineralMan Sep 2024 #133

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

I'm in Texas. What is a real ID? I thought it was your DL? Catherine Vincent Sep 2024 #152

Check your DL for a gold star. Check the expiration date too. LeftInTX Sep 2024 #161

Thanks Catherine Vincent Sep 2024 #165

Kick and triple kick - GOOD advice. KentuckyWoman Sep 2024 #167