More States Challenging National Driver's Licenses

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 5, 2007 @01:41AM from the get-together-right-now dept.

berberine writes "A revolt against a national driver's license, begun in Maine last month, is quickly spreading to other states. The Maine Legislature on Jan. 26 overwhelmingly passed a resolution objecting to the Real ID Act of 2005. The federal law sets a national standard for driver's licenses and requires states to link their record-keeping systems to national databases. Within a week of Maine's action, lawmakers in Georgia, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Vermont and Washington state also balked at Real ID. They are expected soon to pass laws or adopt resolutions declining to participate in the federal identification network. Maine's rejection was recently discussed on slashdot."

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Re:Think of the Children! by Randall311 · 2007-02-05 02:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Mooninites! Duplicate, Reunite, and Unihilate!"
It's Black History month... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-02-05 02:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Time for a month-long history lesson about Rosa Parks and the Tuskegee Airmen. Time for all non-blacks to wallow in self-hatred...
This is a good thing. by 6Yankee · 2007-02-05 03:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If Real ID's anything like as bad as RealPlayer, I don't blame them!