Lose Your Wallet, Cease to Exist
Imagine losing your wallet, along with all your identification. Replacing it has always been a pain.
Now, thanks to Real-ID, replacing your driver's license or state ID card can be literally impossible. That's because, under the new requirements, you can't get a replacement state-issued ID card without proof of your social security number— and you can't get a social security card (or other proof of social security number) without a state-issued picture ID.
According to one State employee, just days after Utah adopted the new standards for issuing driver's licenses mandated in the Real-ID Act, Utahns were already getting screwed by the absurd overlapping of security requirements. In several cases, people whose identification had been lost or stolen have been unable to replace them. And, apparently, there's no provision for getting around it. Both agencies are bound by federal law.
And those who've lost their ID aren't the only ones in limbo: according to Deseret News, Native Americans and elderly Utahns who don't have birth certificates have also found themselves suddenly unable to renew their driver's licenses. And even those who do have the correct documentation have waited in line up to five hours to renew their licenses.
More than 20 states oppose Real_ID— including Utah. Nevertheless, the new rules went into effect here January 1.
they will have to adopt some provisions for resident witness testimony allowing people to retrieve new copies of their id from the local courts or civic government.
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"will have to"?? I think the fed has completely lost touch with reality. More likely, this will be yet one more step in making the federal government irrelevant.
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