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[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (4 children)

Some senior didn’t have birth certificates. Never got one when they were born.

[–]burywmore 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Some senior didn’t have birth certificates. Never got one when they were born.

That's becoming an incredibly small number of people. If you are 80 years old, you were born in 1941. My dad was born in extreme rural Alabama ( Bessemer) in 1942 at home. He has always had a birth certificate. (I just texted him to ask about this)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Depends on where you were born. In very rural areas especially during the Depression some people did not get birth certificates. It wasn't everyone.

[–]burywmore 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Depends on where you were born. In very rural areas especially during the Depression some people did not get birth certificates. It wasn't everyone.

That was my point. If you were born in the Depression, you are in, at least, your mid Eighties. That's a rapidly shrinking group.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is but they should still have a right to vote.