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I think it’s insane that proof of citizenship isn’t a requirement, and that states aren’t mandated to give IDs to their citizens
If a citizen loses their passport or birth certificate, should they be disenfranchised?
The extreme Christians would never go for that, because they equate it to the Mark of the Beast in the Bible. I'm not joking.
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/just-time-independence-day-renewed-call-national-id-card
No. What a weird question. You go get another one at the DMV. It'll take you a half-hour.
Why the drama over a lost card?
Have you ever been to the DMV? If you show up without an appointment they tell you to come back at 4am to form a line.
No they haven't ever been in a DMV. They're not even in America.
If they've seen Zootopia they don't get why the sloths work the DMV in that movie.
Lucky! My local DMV doesn't take people without an appointment, and the only way to make an appointment is online. If you try over the phone they'll tell you to ask the nice people at the local library to help you.
Btw, they didn't tell the library about this policy. As a librarian, I do not like being an extension of the DMV, but I try and help my patrons. Including the dickhead that argued for the defunding of the library but now needs help making an appointment.