Real ID for Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and South Carolina - Uh Oh. What do we do now?

Uh Oh. What do we do now? - Real ID for Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.

65B House Rep (downtown St. Paul and the West Side) Carlos Mariani's bill would put us in the same boat as these 5 states.

http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/24522

Five states have passed legislation absolutely refusing to comply with the new federal guidelines. At this date, they are: Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. As the Real ID program is presented now, travelers from these states will be denied boarding at the nation's airports using a drivers' license as identification.

In addition to the inconvenience foisted on the travelers from the five states that have rejected the program, Gurley foresees other difficulties at the airport. These include:

Delays at the gate caused by travelers who will not have gotten the word and who will be denied boarding.
Confusion on the part of personnel who must determine at a glance, or computer reference whose license can be accepted.
Further stress on the already overburdened passport process by travelers who must now get a passport to travel domestically.
The REAL ID program will rely on yet another government data base comprised of information taken from state drivers' license data bases.

Minnesota need NOT become one of these few misguided victim states at the hands of Carlos Mariani.
Minnesota must NOT pass any restrictive Real ID proposals limiting the Minnesota Department of Vehicle Services (DVS).
The Minnesota DVS is a national example of how Real ID upgrades can be achieved in an economical, well thought-out way.

Another example of pointless opposition to Real ID which includes routine technical upgrades to the nation's infrastructure:
http://howtheneoconsstolefreedom.blogspot.com/2008/02/freedom-warriors-continue-battle-for.html