[cosmic_cheese]

To add to this, there’s friction from the citizen side of things with a relatively high level of distrust in government that’s been present for decades. If you go out deep enough into the boonies for instance you can probably find people who still don’t have government ID of any type despite being native born and prefer to keep it that way.

[crooked-v]

Also see the Amish, who explicitly avoid photo IDs for religious reasons, generally substituting notarized statements for them for business purposes.