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Mariana

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7. Yeah, they insist on a certified copy of the vital record now.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 17, 2020, 09:32 AM

Oct 2020

Although I think I just used my passport - but of course I needed a certified copy of my birth record to get that.

Back in 1992, in Texas, I got married and went to get my name changed on my driver's license. I brought my documentation, but it turned out I didn't need it. They just took my word for it that I got married and that my new last name was _____.

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Texas ID requirement [View all] Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 OP

There was a lawsuit that largely gutted the Texas voter suppression/voter id law Gothmog Oct 2020 #1

look up how many counties in Texas don't have a DMV office Skittles Oct 2020 #2

And then I double dog dare you to go to one! JCMach1 Oct 2020 #3

oh don't even get me started Skittles Oct 2020 #8

Well, as soon as we turn all those state and local legislatures and councils blue...this will end. Boogiemack Oct 2020 #9

I dealt with this nonsense in Missouri Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #4

Yeah, they insist on a certified copy of the vital record now. Mariana Oct 2020 #7

The federal government should give everyone a national ID card with biometrics Le Roi de Pot Oct 2020 #5

Careful, some board nannies and gatekeepers might school you UTUSN Oct 2020 #6