Why would you need to go to the Department of Motor Vehicles for an ID though? For a driver’s license I can somewhat understand but that should be the extent of their responsibilities.

Over here you go to your local registration office which basically every town has? It’s the same office for registering where you live (which you are also legally required to do) - meaning there are more than enough of them around. For smaller towns they are usually located in town halls, larger cities have many of them spread around.

Honestly, you’d easily get significant adaption of IDs by just mandating them for everything. Want a bank account? Need an ID. Want to get a job? Need an ID. Want to get a driver’s license? Need an ID. Are you older than 16? Believe it or not, need an ID.

If (nearly) everyone has an ID, it cannot be used as means for voter disenfranchisment.

Confused? Take a look at global politics. The right-wing conservatives / fascists are winning everywhere.

There is not a chance in hell that a progressive candidate will win in the US in at least the next decade or two.

I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if California became a swing state (if the US remains a democracy) by 2032.

The swing in the presidential contest to Republicans in California was accompanied by a rejection of progressive ballot measures and a near-universal swing against progressive local candidates.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_California