This is really, really interesting.....you see, my dad is 89 years old and does not have any state sponsored ID card or drivers license...he relinquished his license back in '96 when his arthritis got so bad he was afraid he would be unable to brake his car or truck sufficiently to prevent accidents.
Now that he lives here in Idaho with me, we can't get him a state-sponsored ID.....to get a state sponsored ID card, you have to provide a photo ID from someplace else...even a school card will do. Yet, he can buy a fishing license every year...and a hunting one, too, if he could get around.
I joked around with the Deputy at the Sheriff's office that maybe I should have him take a swing at an officer so he could be tossed in jail and have a mug shot taken!! Our Deputy didn't think that was such a gooooooooooood idea! LOL.
Last year, after 911, he was scheduled to fly to Oklahoma for a family reunion on 9/17. The airlines accepted his notarized birth certificate and his social security card, as they have the prior 2 years. Isn't that odd--the social security card has printed on it "Not for identification purposes" or something like that. And, of course, the birth certificate has no picture.