People born in Puerto Rico often move to the mainland and vote there. You may be surprised to learn that they are born as US citizens.
1/335 is less than .003. That’s exceedingly rare by any definition.
It was a joke, pal.
So provide a legitimate one.
People born in Puerto Rico already are US citizens. If they move to a state, they can vote for President.
Edit: Ninja’d.
One doesn’t need a birth certificate to register to vote in Alabama.
Can’t open pdfs at work-what is required?
But to actually vote:
Which is the whole point of the thread.
Also, getting a photocopy can be a problem depending on how far you live from the nearest machine.
Just that you certify, via a checkbox, that you are a U.S. citizen, and will be at least 18 years old on election day. Those are the only exclusions.
There’s even a box to check if one doesn’t have a driver’s license, state ID, or a Social Security number. You still get registered.
But as Running Coach point out, that’s not the problem, is it?
Puerto Ricans are US citizens.
But you do have to show a Picture ID when you show up to vote.
So voting is a privilege that you earn, via civic responsibility, rather than a right which you are granted by virtue of the Constitution. Got it.
It’s more complicated than that with the voter ID law, but you’re missing the point anyway. You seemed to believe that no responsible person could lack a valid birth certificate, and I was disabusing you of that notion.
There are still restrictions. You have to be a U.S. citizen, age at least 18, a resident in your district for X (usually 30) days before the election. You also cannot be mentally incompetent, or in some places, a felon.
A birth certificate proves citizenship and age, at least.
As I said I grew up poorer than most. We had to get charity food. We had no electricity for months at a time. We had to gather wood to cook the charity food. And yet when I needed to get copies of the documents I needed for legal work such as a valid SS card and to cash checks like a birth certificate for a state issued ID I managed as a teen to do so. If something is a priority in your life you tend to get off your butt and get it done.
No right is unrestricted. You might think some SHOULD be, but in the US none is.
At some point living in the middle of nowhere is that persons responsibility.
I never said otherwise. 