Gregoire signs bill rejecting national ID card

[govegan]

Source: Seattle P-I

OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire, who is developing a high-tech state driver's license that can serve as a border-crossing document, signed legislation Wednesday rejecting Real ID, a federal identification requirement that would essentially create a national ID card.

The legislation is part of a growing rebellion against an expensive federal mandate that the American Civil Liberties Union says would threaten personal privacy.

The new system, which is supposed to be a requirement in 2008, would cost the state $250 million to develop and implement, the governor said.

"This is another unfunded mandate from the federal government and, even worse, it doesn't protect the privacy of the citizens of Washington," Gregoire said in signing the bill.

Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/312241_realid19.html

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Another reason to be thankful for the recounts in Gregoire's election. Rossi (WA-New fascist party aka republic party) as a died in the wool neo-fascist would have been applauding the national id card.

The national id card seems to be another aspect of the vote suppression efforts of the neo-fascists.

We don't need no stinking national id card. Slink back under the rock that you crawled out from under, big brother.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Are states legally allowed to opt out of federal legislation?

[happyslug]

2. depends on the statute, in this case yes.

The statute, from what I have heard I have NOT read the Act, only requires the states to met its requirements IF THE STATES WHAT THEIR LICENSE TO BE USED AS ID TO GET ON A PLANE OR OTHERWISE. Thus the States do NOT have to adopt the rules set froth in the act, but if the state does NOT, that states license will NOT BE ACCEPTABLE TO BE USED AS ID.

I lived in one of the last two states that issued paper driver's license (I live in Pennsylvania, Vermont was the other state). Pennsylvania did not adopt picture license for it saw no need to, till the Feds told PA it had to or lose Federal Funds (i.e. highway funds). That was in the early 1980s. This is what the Feds are doing again, and has less to do with terrorism than the banks and other retailers wanting everyone to have a more difficult to fake ID.

[keopeli]

3. I'm still pissed she's promoting this enhanced driver's licence, which is just as bad as a natl ID.