Wired is reporting.
States must start issuing the new internal passports by May 2008, or else their citizens will not be able to board planes or enter federal courthouses.
Six months before the presidential election.
DHS estimates that it will take only 44 minutes for a current driver's license holder to get a certified copy of their birth certificate, travel to the DMV and get a new license when it expires. No current driver's license holder will be allowed to renew a license by mail. They estimate the costs to states and individuals over 10 years will be $23 billion.
Has anything EVER taken 44 minutes at the DMV. What about the elderly? What about minorities?
What does this have to do with the presidential election? What if Florida requires it to vote, or Ohio etc etc.. ID requirements have long been referred to as a "poll tax". Not to mention that this damn thing is going to cost over 20 billion.
I smell a fucking rat. These scumbags may be trying to "backdoor" the voting rights act. I don’t have much more information on this, just this wired article and endless suspicion about these right wing dicks trying to suppress the vote.
Congress may move to negate this ruling by repealing the Act or reverting to an earlier process.
Contact your local congresscritter. We don’t need any goddamned papers.
Send faxes (free), tell them that it is a bullshit waste of money with horrible possibilities.
Hat tip to Boing Boing