@#11 ... I have no problem with voter ID and have advocated for such for a long time. ...

As have I. No problems with voter ID, so long as it is not used to turn away valid voters.

Indeed, I have often stated my support of Connecticut's voter ID requirement.

... How, a birth certificate? You gotta be shi**in' me. Have you looked at yours? ...

Yes, I have looked at mine. Indeed, I used it to get the Gold Star on my CT driver's license. But I also realize that many folk may not have had their birth certification so carefully passed on to them by their parents.

Which seems to go to the nub of your comment ...

... What on that document proves beyond any doubt that that document refers to you, your person? Absent finger prints or such it don't. This is cosplay bovine fecal matte ...

Good point.

All I have on my birth certificate to prove that I am me is the embossed seal of the City of New York.

Apparently, that was enough to get that gold star on my driver's license.

But prove that I am me?

I see your point.

Thanks for raising it.