And since state ID such as a driver's license or birth certificate often vary by state or county, he adds, it's almost impossible for service employees to verify the authenticity.
But her state has its own income tax, so she had to register for a separate ID number to report and pay employee state tax withholding, and then had to fill out yet another registration for another ID number to file another regular report to pay state unemployment taxes.
In October, the South Carolina Department of Elections reported that some 240, 000 state voters lacked ID cards.
We saw it in the campaign to get corporations to withdraw from the American Legislative Exchange Council, a pro-market organization of state legislators that found itself branded racist for supporting state voter-ID and stand-your-ground laws.
When civil-rights groups fretted about the ability of minority voters to get to the local Department of Motor Vehicles to pick up a free state-issued ID card, Governor Haley created an 800 number to offer free rides to anyone who couldn't afford the transportation.
Republicans said the law was needed to prevent voter fraud, while Democrats said people who are poor or elderly often do not have such identification and are unable to get the certified birth certificate and other secondary proof of identification needed to get a state-provided ID in Indiana.
Some will suggest that we have not made it easier for people to vote in your state, now requiring photo ID to vote may disenfranchise close to 700, 000 votes in your state alone.
The new rules would require every voter to show a valid, state-sanctioned photo ID before they could vote.
Along with private e-mails and phone records, Justice Department officials tracked the reporter's movements in the State Department using his ID badge.
Kazmierczak had no arrest record and no known history of mental illness, and he had a valid state-required firearm ID card, so he had no problem buying the guns, one law enforcement source said.
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Before Sunday, Lee was out on bond following January 2012 charges in Dallas County that he assaulted a police officer and was in possession of gun with an altered ID number, state investigators said.
If you're the kind of person who's too poor to drive - that is the kind of person without, say, a driver's license - the state will give you another ID if you come up with your birth certificate and other proof.
Grant funds will help states enhance the integrity of driver's licenses (DL) and identification documents (ID), improve state issuance capabilities, as well as system security.
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The Obama Justice Department blocked a voter-ID law in South Carolina, and the state has filed a federal suit to overturn the decision.
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Critics have long argued that the voter ID law targeted minorities and the poor in the state.
Alabama has voter ID, but we allow all kinds of identification that the state of Georgina doesn't allow.
The voter ID laws at the center of the controversy have passed several state houses and face challenges from the Justice Department for racial bias.
Beebe's spokesman Matt DeCample said those costs would come in "establishing and distributing a new ID card as required by the law, " adding the state would be prohibited from charging for the new voter identification cards under the proposed legislation.
Some colleges, including North Carolina State University and the University of North Florida, have started offering a student ID that doubles as a prepaid card.
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Kentucky will also use these funds to expand the scope of its REAL ID Pilot Project by comparing U.S. foreign born citizens applying for a REAL ID driver's license with the U.S. Department of State's foreign born citizen birth record information.
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According to state Democrats, an estimated 890, 000 Ohioans do not have a government-issued photo ID.
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