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Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself.
Maine was the first state to opt out of the REAL ID, a de facto national identification card. We may be the last.
The Department of Homeland Security has thrown down the gauntlet to Maine saying that Mainers won't be able to fly or will be subjected to horrible screening on May 11 if we don't cave to the Bush Administration in accepting REAL ID.1
It's not like any other state will be REAL ID-compliant. None of them will. DHS has publicly acknowledged that the target date for implementation is 2014 for people under 50 and 2017 for people over 50. This is plain old politics. If DHS can say that all of the states are compliant, then there will be no political will for Congress to repeal the REAL ID.2
Tell Governor Baldacci to stand strong and support what Maine has already declared: REAL ID is a privacy and security nightmare.3 We don't want any part of REAL ID in Maine. Send an email by clicking here.
Thanks for all that you do,
Alex, Brianna, Ed, Marian, Shenna, and Zach
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