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Miche Posted 21 years ago
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ID in GB and USA???
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00 A colleague of mine says that people in Great Britain and the USA 01 b 00 do not have 02 b 00 identification documents (other than a driving licence)! I simply cannot believe it. Is that true? Anybody from GB and the USA (without a driving licence) - do you have an ID card/passport/anything? When you go to the polls, how are they sure you don't vote twice? 02 br
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00 A colleague of mine says that people in Great Britain and the USA 01 b 00 do not have 02 b 00 identification documents (other than a driving licence)! I simply cannot believe it. Is that true? Anybody from GB and the USA (without a driving licence) - do you have an ID card/passport/anything? When you go to the polls, how are they sure you don't vote twice? 02 br
00 Impatient to get an answer... 05 0 010id 3
Top answer
S. Most people, of course, have a driver's licence, and if you don't drive you can get an ID card from your state of residence that is similar to a driver's licence, but just for purposes of identification. You only need a passport if you are going abroad.
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- Most people, of course, have a driver's licence, and if you don't drive you can get an ID card from your state of residence that is similar to a driver's licence, but just for purposes of identification.
- You only need a passport if you are going abroad.
- In the wake of 9/11 there has been some talk of insituting a national identity card, but there would be a lot of opposition to it.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I'll let someone else addres the possibility of voter fraud, because I'm really not sure - I don't think I'm usually asked for any identification at all when I vote, I just say my name and they cross it off the list for my precinct.
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0 There is no national identity card in the U.S. Most people, of course, have a driver's licence, and if you don't drive you can get an ID card from your state of residence that is similar to a driver's licence, but just for purposes of identification. You only need a passport if you are going abroad. In the wake of 9/11 there has been some talk of insituting a national identity card, but the
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0 Thank you so much, Knoff, for the exhaustive reply! 02 br
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00 It's really strange, as I understand that you 01 b 00 can 02 b 00 get an ID card but you are not 01 b 00 obliged 02 b 00 to have one. 02 br
00 I guess it is connected with the state of development. In my country you get a Unified Identification Number as soon as you
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00 It's really strange, as I understand that you 01 b 00 can 02 b 00 get an ID card but you are not 01 b 00 obliged 02 b 00 to have one. 02 br
00 I guess it is connected with the state of development. In my country you get a Unified Identification Number as soon as you
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0 Miche - I forgot to add, we also have Social Security Numbers, which are issued soon after birth and act as an identification number for federal (national) government purposes (like income tax) and, increasingly, for other purposes. In fact, I recently noticed that it has become so commonly asked for that people no longer say, "What's your Social Security Number," but just "what's your social?
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0 Miche, that last post was from me, khoff -- I seem to have suddenly become anonymous! I'll try to figure that out and regain my identity. 0-
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0 We don't have a national ID card in New Zealand either. About the only real ID we have would be your driver's license. Now (over the last years) it has a photo. It is sometimes used/asked for at pubs to stop young people using their older brother's/sister's license to get in.. 02 br
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00 In Chile they have an ID card that all residents have to get. You need it basically for
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00 In Chile they have an ID card that all residents have to get. You need it basically for
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0 They don't use the wretched things in Australia either. 02 br
00 The last government that tried to pass legislation requiring them, was voted out promptly! 02 br
00 It seems many people equate I.D. cards with totalitarianism. 0-
00 The last government that tried to pass legislation requiring them, was voted out promptly! 02 br
00 It seems many people equate I.D. cards with totalitarianism. 0-
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0 I can help but echo the same sentiment as above. Something about national ID cards suggest a national citizen-tracking system to me! 0-
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0 Thank you all for your replies! 02 br
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00 Knoff, sorry for delaying my answer. I live in Bulgaria (I don't think many people know it). It is a small country on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe (111,000 sq. km all in all). It was a communist state (a USSR satellite), which probably explains the bulk of IDs we have. On the one hand, we don't yet have a centralsed information sy
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00 Knoff, sorry for delaying my answer. I live in Bulgaria (I don't think many people know it). It is a small country on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe (111,000 sq. km all in all). It was a communist state (a USSR satellite), which probably explains the bulk of IDs we have. On the one hand, we don't yet have a centralsed information sy
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