[Political Junkie Too]

I wrote that “void” does NOT mean or imply that the data is suspect. Void or a moire’ pattern means only that it is a copy and not an original, in order to prevent identity theft.

I know.

And I wrote that it DOES mean or imply that the data is suspect.

Once the document is shown to not be the original, ALL data on it is suspect, hence its being voided. It's not sufficient to say that ONLY the document itself is not original, but that the data on it is still okay.

The document, AND the information on it, cannot be relied upon.

-PJ

[Nero Germanicus]

Every person who has a birth certificate has a copy while the original is retained by the issuing authority. The certification stamp and the embossed or debossed Seal indicate that the issuing authority (state, county or city) stands by the copy as being authentic.

Article 4, Section 1 of the Constitution:
Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.

If a state says their vital record is authentic, every other state and the federal government will accept it as such. However any record’s authenticity can still be challenged in court.