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Created by Jennifer Spangler on December 18, 2007, 7:30 pm

What is the Real ID Act?

The Real ID Act is a law signed by President Bush in May 2005, which, if it is accepted by and carried out by the states, would turn state driver’s licenses into a genuine national identity card and impose numerous new burdens on taxpayers, citizens, immigrants, and state governments.

What would the Real ID Act do?

Real ID would force the states to standardize driver’s licenses cards across the nation into a single national identity card and database. It does this by stipulating that state driver’s licenses and state ID cards will not be accepted for “federal purposes” – including boarding an aircraft or entering a federal facility – unless they meet all of the law’s numerous conditions, which include:

Standardized data elements and security features on the IDs
A “machine readable zone” that will allow for the easy capture of all the data on the ID by stores or anyone else with a reader
The construction of a 50-state, interlinked database making all the information in each person’s file available to all the other states and to the federal government
A requirement that states verify the “issuance, validity and completeness” of every document presented at motor vehicles agencies (usually called “DMVs”) as part of an application for a Real ID card

Why is Real ID bad for our country?

Simply put, Real ID would offer significant costs and disadvantages without any corresponding advantages:

By definitively turning driver’s licenses into a form of national identity documents, Real ID would have a tremendously destructive impact on privacy.
The Act would impose significant administrative burdens and expenses on state governments, and would mean higher fees, longer lines, repeat visits to the DMV, and bureaucratic nightmares for individuals.
Yet, it would not be effective at increasing security against terrorism or bring any other benefits which would justify those costs.
      


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61 31 Jul 2008 - 1:54    Sidney Twining : I support this petition.
60 26 Jun 2008 - 20:54    Aimee : I support this petition.
59 26 Jun 2008 - 20:41    Michael chinn : I support this petition with all my heart i hate the antichrist and i love god and now power in the goverment can change that or shut down the websites pertaining to the no REALID.com our constitution says WE THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE and let that ring true whether you are christian or not GODS WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN not the goverments wrongful thoughts or actions I ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE WAR IN IRAQ death to satinist,and DEATH TO OCCULTISTS.
58 26 Jun 2008 - 20:39    Caysie. : I support this petition. I dont like REAL ID. It's really retarded like the person who invented it.
57 12 Jun 2008 - 13:19    Dan Lyons : REAL ID is Unconstitutional, Un-Republican and Un-American!
56 3 Jun 2008 - 23:50    Shirley Jones : Stop trying to ursurp our Freedom and rights! We are Americans!
55 9 May 2008 - 17:48    kris brooks :
54 7 May 2008 - 19:02    Ramiel :
53 6 May 2008 - 22:25    Wendy Leute : Please stand up to the federal government and prevent them from infringing even more on our individual rights and privacies!
52 6 May 2008 - 20:15    Reuben Houchens : Those who take our freedoms and steal our identities are the Real-Terrorists!
51 2 May 2008 - 2:04    Jessica F : The people have spoken... We are against the national ID/Real ID. As a public servant, respect the publics' wishes.
50 30 Apr 2008 - 22:35    Querida Delgado : My God Help Us All! Please keep on informing the public about this cover up.
49 29 Apr 2008 - 22:22    Kevin Taylor : I want freedom not a leash.
48 27 Apr 2008 - 0:15    Lee Colyer Speight :
47 23 Apr 2008 - 14:24    axel ricks : NO REAL ID OR STANDARDIZED DRIVERS LICENSES!
46 21 Apr 2008 - 17:12    David Dagenhart :
45 18 Apr 2008 - 19:30    V. McCoy : We must protect our privacy! No national ID
44 9 Apr 2008 - 23:41    Mike Roha : RealID is antithetical to freedom
43 2 Apr 2008 - 23:39    aden smith : i do not want a real ID! AMERICANS CITIZENS ARE NOT TERRORIST! dont treat use like cattle
42 2 Apr 2008 - 19:53    ben michael :
41 31 Mar 2008 - 19:58    Jonathan Soares : This ID as a form of security is a farce. Please stand up for the great citizens of VA and say no to the Federal government on this. Please listen to the interview with Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer on NPR for more info.
40 29 Mar 2008 - 13:07    Charles G Harris :
39 29 Mar 2008 - 3:39    Charles Guy Harris Jr :
38 24 Mar 2008 - 3:29    Van Cox : I support states' rights and less federal intrusion.
37 19 Mar 2008 - 21:50    Christopher K Harris : NNo papers Please society
36 15 Mar 2008 - 17:52    Jason Evans :
35 12 Mar 2008 - 1:29    Seth Whited :
34 11 Mar 2008 - 23:07    Terri Kurowski : Just say NO to Real ID
33 11 Mar 2008 - 1:58    Gennifer Johnson : No REAL ID for me
32 10 Mar 2008 - 23:03    David W. Rawls :
31 8 Mar 2008 - 14:42    Glenn C. Lindley : This is a tool for tyranny. This is not **** Germany or the Soviet Union.
30 7 Mar 2008 - 1:06    tamer morsi : I am against the real ID Act. This should not be implemented in the US,thank you tamer morsi
29 6 Mar 2008 - 18:26    Donna Holt : I have grave concerns about Real ID. Tag the visas of our visitors, not the citizens.
28 6 Mar 2008 - 15:26    Kyle Fitzgerald :
27 6 Mar 2008 - 15:22    I.H. Wright :
26 6 Mar 2008 - 12:31    james taylor : Without freedom security means nothing.
25 5 Mar 2008 - 15:54    Jillene Whitenack :
24 3 Mar 2008 - 14:28    Birgit : stop this nonsense!!
23 3 Mar 2008 - 12:53    Anita Franklin : Real ID does nothing to protect our national security. What is does do put every U.S. driver in a North American data base. OUR information will be shared with Canada and Mexico! Think about this: Any data base can be hacked. Would you want your information in a data base shared with other countries? There is an old saying
22 3 Mar 2008 - 0:15    Gregory Watts : Keep the Real ID act out of the state of Virginia, and keep the National ID card out of my country! And I VOTE!
21 2 Mar 2008 - 12:33    jonathan leggett : I do not support the Real ID Act. Please, NO to Real ID
20 28 Feb 2008 - 19:32    Dan Fitzgerald : Let's chip all elected officials, so we all know where they are at all times.
19 28 Feb 2008 - 9:35    Douglas Spencer :
18 26 Feb 2008 - 8:08    Laurie J Rounds : Governor Kaine, you are wrong to force this on us. Virginia does not want RealID and you have no righ to shove it down our throats.
17 26 Feb 2008 - 4:17    Beatrice R. Browder : A caged bird is safe, but is it free?NO REAL ID!
16 25 Feb 2008 - 15:57    Robert A. Williams III :
15 20 Feb 2008 - 15:24    Michael Eck : I will not carry a national ID card...make me a criminal or stop this nonsense!!!
14 20 Feb 2008 - 1:31    James Eames : This Real ID has got to go. I will not be tracked or chipped! In creating the DHS it is stated that NO national ID card is to be created. Then theres the definition of National ID that DHS dont know.
13 20 Feb 2008 - 0:00    GlenJ :
12 17 Feb 2008 - 14:53    Jo Whistler :
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