Reply #267: What you need - what a pain for most voters. [View All]

[wildflowergardener]

Hi. Hopefully this law will be overturned before 2008, so it will not be a problem for your mother.

As I posted in the previous thread - if you do not have a birth certificate, what you need if your mother was born before 1930 is posted below. Now I'm assuming you were not able to find all of these. I think the bigger point, is if you do not have the id, how many people are going to go to this much trouble to try to get an ID so they could vote. Sure we would - we care enough to post on a political message board. How many people who work 2 jobs, for example are going to have the time to do this? This is intended to cause so much trouble for people who tend to not vote republican that they give up and don't bother to vote. It shouldn't be this much trouble to be able to vote.

I just renewed my drivers license. Luckily my parents have my birth certificate in the safe deposit box. I live in Missouri as well.

Meg

U.S. Citizens born 1930 or before who wish to obtain a new Missouri non-commercial driver license or nondriver license, and are unable to obtain a government-issued birth certificate, may provide the following:

A certified "No Record Statement" from your state of birth plus two supporting documents (listed below). In Missouri, a certified "No Record Statement" may be obtained from Vital Statistics, the same agency that provides certified birth certificates. This verifies that there is no birth record on file.
Supporting documents include, but are not limited to, military records, child's birth certificate (hospital records are not acceptable), baptismal record, insurance policy, Social Security Administration numident, school records, employment records, and Census Bureau records, etc. The supporting documents should list the applicant’s name, place of birth, date of birth or age at the time the document was issued. Each document does not need to have all of the preceding information but the department needs sufficient information to establish place and date of birth. For example, Military Discharge Papers stating that Mr. John Brown was discharged on March 25, 1945, would not be sufficient since the document does not include Mr. Brown’s place of birth.
Fax the documents to [phone] or mail copies to the Show Me Proof Review Panel, Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 200, Jefferson City, MO 65101-0200.
A response will be provided within 2 weeks of our receipt of the documents. You may call [phone] with any questions.
All other "Show Me Proof" requirements for proof of identity and proof of residency still apply.

which is this
To show proof of identity, a Social Security card or Medicare card with your current name can be presented. If your name on the Social Security card or Medicare card does not match your current name, additional documents must be presented to supply proof of your name change. A complete list of documents that will be accepted as proof of identity is available. After showing proof of identity, you will only need to present proof of identity on future renewals should your name change.

To show proof of residency, you have a variety of options to prove your current address. Examples include a recent utility bill (including phone, electric, gas, water, sewer, and cable), property tax receipt, or most recent bank statement, voter ID card, or any official letter issued within the last 30 days by another state or local governmental agency on its letterhead. Proof of residency will be required each time you apply to renew a driver license, nondriver license, or instruction permit. A complete list of documents that will be accepted as proof of residency is available. If you are under the age of 21 and cannot provide proof of residency, a parent or legal guardian may provide such a document on your behalf.