So if you are underprivileged, you may not have:For California, hardly a rampant red state > https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_ID_in_California
California does not require voters to present photo identification. However, some voters may be asked to show a form of identification when voting if they are voting for the first time after registering to vote by mail and did not provide a driver license number, California identification number, or the last four digits of their social security number.[1][2]
The following list of accepted ID was current as of November 2019. Click here for the California Secretary of State page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.
- Copy of a recent utility bill
- Sample ballot booklet sent from the county elections office to the voter
- Document sent to the voter by a government agency
- Passport
- Driver’s license
- Official state identification card
- Student identification that includes name and photograph
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As of April 2021, 35 states enforced (or were scheduled to begin enforcing) voter identification requirements. A total of 20 states required voters to present photo identification at the polls; the remainder accepted other forms of identification. Valid forms of identification differ by state. Commonly accepted forms of ID include driver's licenses, state-issued identification cards, and military identification cards.[3][4]
- A passport as it's costly and you probably can't afford to travel anyway
- Driver's licence - possibly have never had the need for a car and/or cannot afford to buy one or even buy a licence alone
- Aren't a student so you wouldn't have that and many places don't accept Student ID anyway
- Not sure how a sample ballot booklet even qualifies you more so than other ID's???
- Possibly homeless so no chance of having a utility bill and/or it may not even be in your name
- Again, could be homeless so no way of a document by a government agency being sent to you.
- Official state ID. This is the only one I am not sure about but again, cost, distance to acquire one when you don't have transport/enough money/time to get to these locations either.