General Discussion

--that includes the official stamp or embossed notary signatures from the State Department of Vital Statistics. The mechanism for gaining one if you are no longer living in the state of birth varies a bit, but it will require some time and $$ (since most states will only send it to you via a special certified delivery system that they can fully track against attempts to steal identities). If you don't have the documentation that is required for online validation, it can take even more time. This can be especially true if you have multiple marriages/divorces (and thus multiple name changes) and might require divorce certificates be obtained/presented as well

Most people think REAL ID-driver's licenses can suffice but 49/50 states WITH REAL ID do not meet the requirements to certify US citizenship and thus the damned "SAFE" bill is going to cause an precedented chaotic disaster as lawsuits fly, voters try to check their status with overwhelmed workers and systems trying desperately to respond in time to what this would mean. If you live in a mail ballot system with drop boxes that has worked well for decades as I do, this will mean a BIG court challenge, but leave voters not knowing what to do. Do they enter the chaotic system to try to address all this? Do they have the time off from work and $$$ to do so?

In anticipation of my passport expiring during the process I was trying to renew it, I went ahead and obtained two more certified copies of my birth certificate from out of state. Because i had the documentation necessary for a quick validation online, the process was not bad. But it was not inexpensive either (and that doesn't even include the passport fees).

I hope to hell they block SAVE or millions may be invalidated from voting. Do MAGATs know this? They are as likely or perhaps more to be impacted...