Real ID. Not in New Hampshire

N.H. Gov. signs bill that rejects federal Real ID law: Says financial, personal costs too high for state's residents By: Marc L. Songini July 05, 2007 (Computerworld) -- New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch last week signed into law a bill that forbids New Hampshire governments from complying with the controversial federal national identification act, or Real ID bill. (ComputerWorld)

New Hampshire is just the latest state in the Union to tell the Federal Government, this time, not politely, to go hump themselves.

RealID is a waste of money at every level. The argument does not hold water. The United States has a solid document that meets all the criteria of Real ID and does not require states to spin up new technologies or invent new processes or have to look into new training methods. Organizations would not have to worry about keeping a list of known good documents and no one would argue that the documents are not valid. I am speaking of a passport (for citizens) and the I-551 (Green Card) for Resident Aliens. Two forms of government issued ID, with a process in place to validate the user's identity with a fee structure that is acceptable to the people who need them. Why do we need another form of ID?