but no national standards for voting.

We have national standards for whether or not a federal agency will accept a drivers license as proof of citizenship/residency. States can do whatever they want for their DLs. Nothing requires that the feds accept DLs as proof of citizenship/residency for federal purposes.

We also have some national standards for voting. For instance, NY had to trash its lever machines because they didn't meet national standards. Optical scanners, e-Slate, and some other electronic standards do.

In the case of truly egregious voting practices, though, since voting is ultimately a political matter there's a political solution--not having state-level election results for national office accepted at the federal level. Electors aren't seated, the House and Senate can reject a member. Not that this is likely to happen this time round or the next couple of times.

Citizen, you can't fly.

Riiiight.

Most certainly a scare tactic from our well-to-do governor.

I will never fly again exceept under duress.

I've traveled all over the world. If I'd ever been caught entering any other country illegally, I really don't think I'd be able to get a driver's licence there.

Who would you rather have driving on our roads, a person who has no idea of our driving laws and safety issues, or someone who had to learn our driving laws and how to drive safely?

Let's deal with the illegal immigration problem,then the drivers licence problem/debate won't even be an issue.

Again... why give them priviliges instead of dealing with the basic problem?

Initial token arrests, and then you are back to square one with people who are here illegally not knowing how to drive safely on our roads.

Whatever that is. It is a matter of identity and not letting terrorists on board. Terrorists could be citizens or legal aliens (like most of the hijackers)

But why not also screen out the people here illegally? They "could be" many other things in addition to simply being here in violation of our laws.

And they'd have to be trained in determining who was here legally or not. And legal tourists would not have driver's licenses - just passports of their countries.

Illegals are not worth worrying that much about. Where else would you have them screened for? Libraries? Supermarkets?

Unless you are proposing doing away with the TSA (I'd endorse that) and making airlines responsible for their own security (I'd endorse that as well, but they'd have to be liable for any criminal action that takes place on their planes). But that's a subject for a different discussion.

from his own country? If the idea is identity, that should be sufficient. What do we are if illegal aliens fly? Terrorists could be citizens. Most of the 911 hijackers were legally in the US. So this stuff has never really made any sense.

Fairly simple to catch.

From their country. The airlines has to time to check visas and we certainly don't have time to have the border patrol checking every person who boards a domestic aircraft. The identity is all they need.