After 9/11, it was discovered that some of the 9/11 hijackers had obtained phoney birth certificates from the Hudson County, NJ and the State Div of Motor Vehicles began refusing to accept any birth certificates issued by Hudson County for the renewal of drivers licenses. To renew my license (I was born in Jersey City, Hudson County) I had to physically travel to Trenton (from extreme NE NJ) to the State office of the Bureau of Vital Statistics to obtain a new certificate, bringing all kinds of "proof" with me for them to examine. This took an entire day of driving, waiting on line, etc. Once I received it I had to physically bring it to a DMV office to renew my license, again another day of waiting in line. Hundreds of thousands of NJ drivers (or passport applicants) had to do this and it caused massive backups at the State offices and many drivers simply failed to renew and risk tickets (and vehicle impoundments).
I can only imagine tens of millions in the entire country having to repeat similar processes to obtain certified copies of lost certificates for voting purposes and the hardships it would cause, especially for those unable to take time off from work to do it.
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