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Minnesota and Alaska legislatures reject Real ID.(Inside Track)(Brief article)

The New American

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In May Minnesota and Alaska became the eighth and ninth states whose legislatures have rejected Real ID, joining Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Washington. A dozen more states have approved resolutions calling for the costs of the Real ID program to be fully covered by Congress or the act repealed.

Minnesota's Real ID resolution (HF3807) was clearly stated and uncompromising: "Section 1. Noncompliance With Real ID Act. The commissioner of public safety is prohibited from taking any action to implement or to plan for the implementation by this state of those sections of Public Law 109-13 known as the Real ID Act." Both House and Senate passed this bill by veto-proof margins, 103-30 and 50-16 respectively. Unfortunately, Governor Tim Pawlenty cleverly engineered a way to veto the bill and avoid an override vote. In the waning days of Minnesota's legislative session, ...

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