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Maine legislature rejects Real ID Act.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
The Maine legislature overwhelmingly approved a resolution to oppose the federal requirements in the 2005 Real ID Act that would require states to comply with standardizing driver's licenses. The resolution (which was passed by a vote of 34-0 in the Senate and 137-4 in the House) rejects state compliance with the digital standards required in the act and asks that the U.S. Congress repeal the law. Georgia, Massachusetts, Montana, and Washington have similar bills pending in their state legislatures.
CNET News.com reported that this is a major political setback for the Department of Homeland Security, which has argued that a nationalized ID would help make the country safer from terrorists. Critics of the act claim that ...
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