[greenleafjacob]

Photo ID is not used for authenticating that the person lives at the address. That's why voting registration or driver's license requires proof of residency [1]:

> A few examples of acceptable documents to prove California residency are:

> Rental or lease agreement with the signature of the owner/landlord and the tenant/resident

> Deed or title to residential real property

> Mortgage bill

> Home utility bills (including cellular phone)

> Medical documents

> Employee documents

[1] https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/newsre...

[testplzignore]

I've never understood why these documents are meaningful in any way. The people at the DMV aren't qualified to judge whether these documents are forgeries, and certainly not in the ~5 seconds they spend looking at them. Anyone with a printer and Microsoft Paint can produce one of these in two minutes.

[JCharante]

When I was getting my state ID, I wasn't prepared to have proof of residency, so I ended up downloading a bank statement from my mobile banking app, and presented the corner with my address & name on it to the clerk. I also wouldn't put much trust into the address information on IDs.