Saturday, November 19, 2011

Other States Fighting National ID Cards?

The State of Maine rejected the federally mandated ID cards. Does anyone know of any other states that are considering the same course of action? If you have a source website or article please site it.

Other States Fighting National ID Cards?
New Hampshire, Georgia, Massachusetts, Montana, and Washington. However the the following is part of the The Real ID act started off as H.R. 418, which passed the House (261-161-11) and went stagnant. It was then attached as a rider on a military spending bill (H.R. 1268) by Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R) of Wisconsin (the author) and was voted upon (100-0) . It was signed into public law (109-13) on May 11, 2005.





Below is part of it-those that reject it will certainly not be able to fly..





After May 11, 2008, "a Federal agency may not accept, for any official purpose, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State to any person unless the State is meeting the requirements" specified in the Real ID Act. States remain free to also issue non-complying licenses and ID's, so long as these have a unique design and a clear statement that they cannot be accepted for any Federal identification purpose. The federal Transportation Security Administration is responsible for security check-in at airports, so bearers of non-compliant documents would no longer be able to travel on common carrier aircraft





Some great links at the bottom of the Wikipedia page...
Reply:http://www.epic.org/privacy/id_cards/
Reply:I believe guns are the best way to solve this government intrusion.


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