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In reply to the discussion: What is wrong with requiring a picture ID to vote? [View all]csziggy
(34,141 posts)Hers had "unnamed female child" - no name other than the last name. I remember seeing her old birth certificate - the one she used to join the Navy Nurse Corp with - that said that. The 'new' one with the incorrect birth date still had no name and the DMV would not accept it.
She had to get judge certified photo copies of the family Bible, her enlistment papers, her application to the Social Security Administration, and MORE documentation before the state of Alabama would correct their records so she could get a birth certificate with information that matched what she she had used as a first name and birth date. She'd send them stuff, they'd ask for more, she'd collect that, send it in, they'd ask for more, rinse & repeat.
If it had been up to the local DMV office, they would have just given it to her. She's lived in the same town since 1948 and most of the clerks there have known her all their lives - same for many of their parents. You'd think that would count for something!