From: "Mark" 

That's reality already in NJ. The good news is our resigned, disgraced,
former governor actually did fix the DMV as he promised before he went
loudly off into the night.

Visits to the DMV, long before the increased document requirements, were
practically occasions for going away parties, but I got a new photo
driver's license in about 10 minutes. I was actually there just to make
sure my newly required documents passed muster, so as not to be
unpleasantly surprised at renewal time 6 months hence. They approved of the
documents and said, if you want to do it now, you can. That's unheard of
here! Amazingly enough too, the clerk asked if I liked my picture and
offered to take another, she also asked if I liked my signature or wanted
to sign on the pad again.



"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> Plus you'll have to bring birth certificates, proofs of residency, etc
> even for a renewal thanks to the Federal Read ID Act
>
> http://www.freep.com/news/mich/license14e_20050914.htm
> Federal ID law may send flood of work to state, county clerks
>
> September 14, 2005
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> BY KATHLEEN GRAY
> FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
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> The Michigan Secretary of State and local officials have been automating
> services so people can seek records or driver's license renewals over the
> phone, by mail or online, but a new federal identification card, which may
> be required in a few years' time, could swamp their offices with business.
>
>
> Under the federal Real ID Act, all of Michigan's 7.2 million drivers and
> 800,000 state ID holders could be forced to go to Secretary of State
> branch offices to renew their licenses or ID cards, which would be
> combined on the same card with the federal ID. And they'll need more than
> just proof of insurance and automobile registrations to get the new cards.
>
>
> Although federal law calls for the new cards to be issued by Jan. 1, 2008,
> an extension may be sought.
>
>
> The Real ID Act was passed in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks and
> mandates that residents produce a combination of such items as birth
> certificates, Social Security numbers, marriage licenses and proof of
> residency such as a utility bill before they get the new cards.
>
>
> Immigrants will have to provide proof of citizenship in addition to the
> other requirements.
>
>
> Such requirements will cause county clerks around the state to fill many
> more requests for birth certificates, said Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for
> Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land.
>
>
> "People born before 1940 will have to work a little bit harder," said
> Chesney.
>
>
> Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson says some people already know about the
> law and, as a result, her office has seen an increase in the number of
> requests for birth certificates. The county, however, gets many requests
> online, so Johnson doesn't anticipate a huge rush of people into county
> offices.
>
>
> Furthermore, SOS is undergoing a $30-million upgrade of its computer
> system. Land said she believes the new technology for a combined ID card
> and passport could be incorporated into the upgrade.
>
>
> She has contacted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and offered to
> develop a pilot program for use in the rest of the nation.
>
>
> Homeland Security is coming up with requirements for the cards, which will
> be needed to board an airplane, cross into Canada or Mexico, drive a car
> and get into a federal building.
>
>
> There has been no source of money identified to pay for the new ID cards,
> said Land.
>
>
> Civil libertarians are alarmed by the prospect of so much data being on
> one piece of identification, calling it "a national ID card on
steroids."
>
>
> "Any time we show our identifications at places from the bar to the bank,
> we risk both the government and private businesses having access to our
> private data," said Wendy Wagenheim, spokeswoman for the American Civil
> Liberties Union of Michigan.
>
>

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