Montana moves to reject Real ID Act

Posted 1/30/2007 10:14 PM ET
By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY

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The Montana House of Representatives expects to vote today on a bill that would make Montana the first state to ignore the Real ID law, which requires states to demand a minimum standard of proof of residency from people seeking driver's licenses.
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The Maine State Legislature last week became the first to approve a resolution urging Congress to overturn the law before it takes effect in May 2008. Only four of 186 Maine lawmakers voted no.
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Wiseman and other opponents hope enough states protest or defy the law that Congress will be forced to revise or repeal it.
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"If one state says no, or another state follows Maine, the whole house of cards collapses," said Barry Steinhardt of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-01-30-realID_x.htm

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I had to snip the heck out of this article to meet the 4 paragraph max. rule. It's a good article worth reading ~ lots of info in there about what various states/lawmakers are doing. Does anyone know if Montana passed this? The article is dated last Tuesday, 1/30/07.

Live free or die!

:)

And I hope you're right that NH will be next...

(btw, for some reason my mind reached into it's 'way-back-machine' and made me think about/google up my favorite restaurant in Portland ~ DeMillos ~ glad to see it's still there. Hopefully I'll get back there some day.)