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Governor Lingle of Hawaii asks to delay REAL ID implementation till 2010 |
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Idaho second state to reject REAL ID Act |
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Supreme Court upholds voter identification law in Indiana |
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Posted April 28, 2008; listed April 29, 2008.
From David Stout of the New York Times
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Maine approaches REAL ID. |
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April 30, 2008.
From WABI-TV.
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Maine rejects REAL ID Act |
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January 2007.
From ZDNet.
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Montana governor: DHS blinks on REAL ID |
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Montana governor sounds off against REAL ID |
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Friday, March 7, 2008.
From NPR via Freedom's Phoenix
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Montana governor foments REAL ID rebellion |
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New Hampshire joins Montana in REAL ID victory |
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New Hampshire blocks REAL ID |
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June 28, 2007.
From Concord Monitor.
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Spitzer resigns as NY governor |
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March 12, 2008
Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor
of New York after taking on many giants, including Dick Grasso of the
New York Stock Exchange, which was operating as a non-profit.
Resignation story by Riley McDermid of Marketwatch
Spitzer sues Grasso story by of Kristen Crawford CNN Money from May 24, 2004
when Spitzer was Attorney General for the State of New York.
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Ohio officials opposing REAL ID statute |
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January 15, 2008: Ohio.
From WorldNetDaily.com
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DHS grants South Carolina an extension on REAL ID after governor rejects program. |
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Monday, March 31, 2008.
From Mary Ann Chastain for the Associated Press.
In an updated story by the Associated Press, Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, (DHS) granted the state of South Carolina an extension on its compliance with REAL ID six hours after Governor Sanford announced he would not comply with the program. Governor Sanford also wrote a letter to Secretary Chertoff, explaining his position.
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Utah's legislature: House committee united in rejecting REAL ID program |
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008.
From The Salt Lake Tribune
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Citizens get the word out about REAL ID to their Virginia legislators on VETO Day. |
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April 25, 2008.
From Jo Whistler of
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Seven citizens traveled from as far away as Alberta and the Virginia Beach oceanfront to distribute the booklets REAL ID: Real Tyranny along with an information packet and a letter from one of those citizens and his wife to their state legislators in Richmond on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, the morning of the special session of the General Assembly that had been called by Governor Kaine.
Most legislators were moving toward the Capitol building for their Democratic and Republican caucuses later that morning, but a few of them - Delegates Adam Ebbin (49th District) , Tom Gear (91st) , Dwight Jones (70th) , Bob Mathieson (21st) ,
Brenda Pogge (96th) , Albert Pollard (99th) , Terrie Suit (81st) and Senator Emmett Hanger (24th) - were available and listened to citizens' concerns about REAL ID. Legislative aide Nathan Vassar interrupted his lunch to hear out one of the activists.
During this lobbying process, legislators and their aides were shown the letter from Virginia's Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to Darrell Williams of the REAL ID office of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Commissioner of Virginia's DMV did what Governor Kaine and the Virginia General Assembly did not do: he requested and received an extension of the implementation of REAL ID for the state of Virginia which expires December 31, 2009. In his letter, the Commissioner specified that his request should not be interpreted as the Commonwealth's acceptance of the rule nor the Commonwealth's intent to comply with REAL ID.
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Read more...
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Virginians, sign NO REAL ID petition! |
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Sign the petition here. Thanks to the woman in Virginia Beach who began this form in December of 2007.
We need more signatures!!!
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Virginia Senate votes to raise drivers' fees. |
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Congresswoman opposes national identification system but favors REAL ID (!?!) |
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Saturday, March 1, 2008.
YouTube special from We Are Change Virginia at a meeting in Virginia Beach.
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Virginia Supremes rule: unelected regional transportation authorities unconstitutional. |
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Security code easy hacking for UVa student |
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Anti-REAL ID bill continued to 2009 |
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Thursday, February 7, 2008: Richmond, VA.
The Senate Transportation Committee of the Virginia General Assembly
voted 02/07/08 to continue Senator Emmett Hanger's bill SB 492 to 2009.
During the Senate Transportation Committee meeting, it was announced
that the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles received
an extension from the Department of Homeland Security regarding its compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005. That extension from the DHS expires
December 31, 2009.
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Virginians tell legislators: Keep REAL ID out of our state! |
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Thursday February 7, 2008: Richmond, VA.
Virginians from across the state expressed their concern about the REAL
ID Act of 2005 when over 20 of them appeared before the Senate
Transportation Committee of the state's General Assembly this
afternoon. Only four people were allowed to voice their concerns about
REAL ID. The other anti-REAL ID activists remained in the chamber,
standing, supporting spoken and written testimony presented before the
Senate Transportation Committee...
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Schools embrace fingerprint scanning. |
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008: West Virginia.
By Pauline Vu for Stateline.org
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Bill attacking REAL ID wins Senate passage despite long odds in West Virginia. |
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West Virginia senator wins round one in war over REAL ID card. |
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February 20, 2008.
From Mannix Porterfield, The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia.
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Wisconsin leads way in animal tagging |
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Thusday, March 13, 2008.
By Sarah Watson in Agriview
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