Don't Have Your Passport? Get one! Here's Why.

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MineralMan (146,552 posts)

Don't Have Your Passport? Get one! Here's Why.
There is a non-zero chance that Trump is going to get elected. Some think it's odds-on that he will. I don't think so, but I was wrong in 2016, too.

Why a passport? Let me give you an example from today. My Minnesota Driver's License needed to be renewed. It got renewed in 2020 by mail, due to the pandemic, but not this year. Since things are getting stickier and stickier out there, I decided to go ahead and get the Real ID version.

So, I showed up at the local DVS license and registration office this morning. The county has one. No appointment, which meant that I had to cool my heels there for a couple of hours. That gave me a chance to watch folks get or try to get their Driver's Licenses while I waited. I had everything I needed to get the Real ID. Lots of people, however, did not. And there's a catch - one people don't know about. The required proof of identity, proof of citizenship, and proof of residence stuff must all have your full name. First, Middle, and Last. If you're a married woman who assumed her husband's name, you'll also need your Marriage Certificate, too, along with birth certificate. All have to have your full name.

I knew that, so I brought my Passport, which has that and is proof of citizenship, as well. I had to prove that I lived where I lived. That's trickier. Those documents, too, have to have your full name. No initials. If you have a Jr. or something added, they all have to have that, too. There's a long list of things you can use, but the two you bring have to include your full name and current address that matches the one on your existing driver's license.

I watched, as person after person did not have the documents needed with them. Mostly, it was due to the lack of the identical full name. I understand. I often use my first name, middle initial, last name, and Jr. on stuff. You might, too. It's not enough. It can be a real scramble to find everything you need.

Fortunately, in Minnesota, one of the address samples is a vehicle title with your current address on it. Minnesota vehicle titles require full names. I had one of those, my Passport, My current Driver's license, and the title for one of my cars was all I needed. One guy was there at the window when I came in. When I left, two hours later, he was still there, trying to find some document that met the requirements in the stack he had. He was also Black, and spoke with an accent. He was leaving as I left, but without getting his driver's license renewed.

So, let's think about the MAGA bunch getting control of government. They have plans. They have schemes. All designed to strip people of their rights to vote and to do many other things. Before it becomes impossible to get a passport, you should get one. Now. Not later. Do whatever it is you need to do to have the documents you need for that. Don't wait until it becomes almost impossible if more restrictions are put on the Passport requirements.

If you're a woman. If you're brown. If you have an odd, foreign sounding name. Get your passport. If you don't have one, get one before inauguration day in 2025. Just in case. You may find out you need it for many reasons. Don't get caught without it, please.

Just saying. Or, go sit in the driver's license line for a couple of hours and see how much trouble people are already having there. Get your documents together and store them safely. You may need them.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219167642

Blah blah blah Rockhead

[USA4ME]

That’s quite a leap from “Democrats that run MN are so incompetent they can’t get the DMV to work right” to “get a passport because the Republicans are coming”. 
 

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[SVPete]

Wow! Rocky just discovered an effect of the Real ID Act of 2005, https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/418 ? DU-folk sure are uninformed for being the smartest people in the US!  

[Patriot Guard Rider]

Wow! Rocky just discovered an effect of the Real ID Act of 2005, https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/418 ? DU-folk sure are uninformed for being the smartest people in the US WORLD!  

Fixed for accuracy..

[Old n Grumpy]

He sure is long winded just to express his fears about a republican president getting elected. What are they going to do with a passport? Leave the country for greener pastures?
I think they already found out it’s not so easy to emigrate to another country the last election when they were bloviating about leaving.

Rock head needs to show his superior intellect in almost every post his head must be so big he can’t find a hat to fit.

They are worried about losing their rights if Trump gets elected, but their boy joe is already working hard to do that. As for ss and Medicare putting 10 million or more illegals on it isn’t doing Americans citizens any good.

[Patriot Guard Rider]

He sure is long winded just to express his fears about a republican president getting elected. What are they going to do with a passport? Leave the country for greener pastures?
I think they already found out it’s not so easy to emigrate to another country the last election when they were bloviating about leaving.

Rock head needs to show his superior intellect in almost every post his head must be so big he can’t find a hat to fit.

They are worried about losing their rights if Trump gets elected, but their boy joe is already working hard to do that. As for ss and Medicare putting 10 million or more illegals on it isn’t doing Americans citizens any good.

It would be difficult for DUmpMonkeys to move to another country, especially when their first question would be, "Where da benefits office at"?

[SVPete]

Fixed for accuracy..

  I appreciate that!

[Old n Grumpy]

It would be difficult for DUmpMonkeys to move to another country, especially when their first question would be, "Where da benefits office at"?

And it would be a rude awakening for them when they realize it’s better here! 

 

[Patriot Guard Rider]

I appreciate that!

I live to serve..

[Old n Grumpy]

Someone needs to ask rock head his suggestions on which countries are best to emigrate to when Trump gets elected and the gulags open and the purges start.

[Movie buff- The Sequel]

Blah blah blah Rockhead

WHy do the leftists keep ranting and fearmongering about how those mean old Republicans are planning to "Take your right to vote"?
To the best of my knowledge, Republicans have proposed nothing of the sort, unless you count the quite reasonable voter ID laws which are there to keep illegal immigrants from illegally voting in our elections.

[franksolich]

Someone needs to ask rock head his suggestions on which countries are best to emigrate to when Trump gets elected and the gulags open and the purges start.

You know as well as I do, the answer to that.

Hint: it's not a single yellow, brown, or black country, or non-English-speaking country in the whole the wide world with unlimiteded access to free medical care and unrestricted abortions.

[DefiantSix]

You know as well as I do, the answer to that.

Hint: it's not a single yellow, brown, or black country in the whole wide world.

So, CanaDUH, again???